September 26

Liner Queen Mary launched at John Browns shipyard, Clydebank

De Valera opens the 13th Assembly of the League of Nations in Geneva

Saor Éire, a republican-socialist party, is founded by Peadar ODonnell, Seán MacBride and other IRA members

Saor Éire, a republican-socialist political party, was founded in 1931 by prominent left-wing members of the Irish Republican Army (IRA), including Peadar O’Donnell, Seán MacBride, and Frank Ryan. The party aimed to merge socialist principles with republican nationalism, advocating for land redistribution, workers’ rights, and anti-imperialism.

James Dillon, politician and Fine Gael leader is born in Dublin

First Open Golf Championship held at Prestwick

The first Open Golf Championship is held at Prestwick Golf Club in Scotland. With just eight competitors, the tournament marks the beginning of what would become the oldest and one of the most prestigious championships in golf.

First convicts from Ireland arrive in New South Wales, Australia

Between 1788 and 1868, about 162,000 convicts were transported from Great Britain and Ireland to various penal colonies in Australia.

Charles Lucas, physician, MP and political radical, is born in Ballingaddy, Ennis, Co. Clare

Thomas Tonkin - Cornish historian born

The Cornish historian Thomas Tonkin was born in St. Agnes, Cornwall, in 1678. A member of the lesser gentry, Tonkin became MP for Helston and participated in Stannary Court business. Like many of his contemporaries he was involved in tin and copper mat

Queen Margaret, Maid of Norway (Eiriksdotter) died, en route from Norway to Scotland.

All men of good will to the king, both Irish and English, in Munster and Leinster are summoned to Buttevant in Leix

All men loyal to the King—both Irish and English—from Munster and Leinster are summoned to Buttevant, in what is now County Laois (formerly Queen’s County).