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Mother Mary Martin, founder of the Medical Missionaries of Mary, dies in Drogheda
Mother Mary Martin, founder of the Medical Missionaries of Mary, dies in Drogheda Mother Mary Martin, the founder of the Medical Missionaries of Mary, passed away on January 27, 1975, in Drogheda, Ireland. She was a significant figure in the field of religious and medical missions, known for her dedication to providing healthcare and medical training in various parts of the world. …

Mairead Corrigan-Maguire, founder of NI Peace Movement, born
Mairead Corrigan-Maguire, founder of NI Peace Movement, born Mairead Maguire (born 27 January 1944), also known as Mairead Corrigan Maguire and formerly as Mairéad Corrigan, is a peace activist from Northern Ireland. She co-founded, with Betty Williams and Ciaran McKeown, the Women for Peace, which later became the Community for Peace People, an organization dedicated to encouraging a peaceful resolution of the Troubles in Northern Ireland. Maguire and Williams were awarded the 1976 Nobel Peace Prize. …

First public demonstration of TV by John Logie Baird
First public demonstration of TV by John Logie Baird John Logie Baird FRSE ( 13 August 1888 – 14 June 1946) was a Scottish inventor, electrical engineer, and innovator who demonstrated the world’s first live working television system on 26 January 1926. He went on to invent the first publicly demonstrated colour television system and the first viable purely electronic colour television picture tube. …

Charles Stewart Parnell turns the first sod for the West Clare Railway
Charles Stewart Parnell turns the first sod for the West Clare Railway The West Clare Railway (WCR) originally operated in County Clare, Ireland, between 1887 and 1961. This 3 ft (914 mm) narrow-gauge railway ran from the county town of Ennis, via numerous stopping-points along the West Clare coast to two termini, at Kilrush and Kilkee, with the routes diverging at Moyasta Junction. The system was the last operating narrow gauge passenger system in Ireland and connected with the mainline rail system at Ennis, where a station still stands today for bus and train services to Limerick and Galway. Intermediate stops included Ennistymon, Lahinch and Milltown Malbay. …

Glasgow Herald newspaper first published
Glasgow Herald newspaper first published The Herald is a Scottish broadsheet newspaper founded in 1783. The Herald is the longest running national newspaper in the world and is the eighth oldest daily paper in the world. The title was simplified from The Glasgow Herald in 1992. Following the closure of the Sunday Herald, the Herald on Sunday was launched as a Sunday edition on 9 September 2018. …

Sir Humphrey Arundell, leader of the Cornish Prayer Book Rebellion, executed
Sir Humphrey Arundell, leader of the Cornish Prayer Book Rebellion, executed In 1549 Sir Humphrey Arundell was a man of influence, who became leader of the Rebels from Cornwall involved in the Prayer Book Rebellion against Edward VI and the Protector Somerset. The Prayer Book Rebellion or Western Rebellion occurred in the southwest of England in 1549. …