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Con Houlihan, journalist, is born in Castleisland, Co. Kerry
Con Houlihan, journalist, is born in Castleisland, Co. Kerry Con Houlihan, (6 December 1925 – 4 August 2012) the renowned Irish sports journalist, was born in Castleisland, County Kerry. Cornelius Patrick Houlihan, known as Con Houlihan, was born on December 06, 1925. …

The Irish Free State, Saorstát Éireann, comes into being
The Irish Free State, Saorstát Éireann, comes into being The Irish Free State, in Irish Saorstát Éireann, came into being on December 06, 1922. …

British give the Irish a deadline to accept or reject the Anglo-Irish treaty
British give the Irish a deadline to accept or reject the Anglo-Irish treaty The 1921 Anglo-Irish Treaty, commonly known in Ireland as The Treaty and officially the Articles of Agreement for a Treaty Between Great Britain and Ireland, was an agreement between the government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and representatives of the Irish Republic that concluded the Irish War of Independence. …

Cornelius Christopher Cremin, diplomat, is born in Kenmare, Co. Kerry
Cornelius Christopher Cremin, diplomat, is born in Kenmare, Co. Kerry Cornelius Christopher Cremin (6 December 1908 – 20 April 1987) was an Irish diplomat who was born in Kenmare, County Kerry. …

Dion Fortune (Violet Mary Firth) Welsh occultist born
Dion Fortune (Violet Mary Firth) Welsh occultist born Dion Fortune was born Violet Mary Firth at her family home on Bryn-y-Bia Road in Llandudno, North Wales on 6th December 1890 into a family of Christian Scientists. …

Spanish General Diego O'Reilly is defeated by Peruvian revolutionaries
Spanish General Diego O'Reilly is defeated by Peruvian revolutionaries Diego O’Reilly, (b. Ireland, c. 1775 – d. high seas, 1821), an Irishman born in Spain, and was a general in the Spanish Army who served in South America during the period of Spanish American War of Independence of Peru. …

Charles Graves, bishop and mathematician, is born in Dublin
Charles Graves, bishop and mathematician, is born in Dublin Charles Graves (6 December 1812 – 17 July 1899) was an Irish mathematician, academic, and clergyman. He was Erasmus Smith’s Professor of Mathematics at Trinity College Dublin (1843–1862), and was president of the Royal Irish Academy (1861–1866). …

Charles Edward Stewarts entry into Derby
Charles Edward Stewarts entry into Derby Charles Edward Louis John Sylvester Maria Casimir Stuart (31 December 1720 – 30 January 1788) was the elder son of James Francis Edward Stuart, grandson of James VII and II, and the Stuart claimant to the thrones of England, Scotland and Ireland from 1766 as Charles III. …

St. Oliver Plunkett, Archbishop of Armagh, is accused of instigating the Irish Popish Plot and arrested
St. Oliver Plunkett, Archbishop of Armagh, is accused of instigating the Irish Popish Plot and arrested Oliver Plunkett (or Oliver Plunket; Irish: Oilibhéar Pluincéid; 1 November 1625 – 1 July 1681) was the Catholic Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland and the last victim of the Popish Plot, was accused of involvement in the so-called “Irish Popish Plot.” …

King Alexander II crowned at Scone
King Alexander II crowned at Scone Alexander II (Medieval Gaelic: Alaxandair mac Uilliam; Modern Gaelic: Alasdair mac Uilleim; 24 August 1198 – 6 July 1249) was King of Scotland from 1214 until his death. …