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Robert Noonan, author of The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists, dies
Robert Noonan, author of The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists, dies Robert Phillipe Noonan (17 April 1870 – 3 February 1911), born Robert Croker, and best known by the pen name Robert Tressell, was an Irish writer best known for his novel The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropists. …

Poet Norman MacCaig born Edinburgh, Scotland
Poet Norman MacCaig born Edinburgh, Scotland Norman MacCaig (1910–1996) was a Scottish poet born in Edinburgh, Scotland. He was born at 15 East London Street, Edinburgh, to Robert McCaig (1880–1950?), a chemist from Dumfriesshire, and Joan née MacLeod (1879–1959), from Scalpay in the Outer Hebrides. …

Premiere of Percy French’s play The Immigrant’s Letter
Premiere of Percy French’s play The Immigrant’s Letter …

James Joyce and Eileen Joyce leave Dublin for Trieste, Italy
James Joyce and Eileen Joyce leave Dublin for Trieste, Italy James Joyce, the Irish author and literary figure best known for works like “Ulysses” and “A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man,” left for Italy in October 1907. …

Birth in Dublin of Sir Francis Bacon, painter
Birth in Dublin of Sir Francis Bacon, painter …

The Engineering and Scientific Association of Ireland assures the population that flying machines will never be of any practical use
The Engineering and Scientific Association of Ireland assures the population that flying machines will never be of any practical use …

Artist Tom Carr is born is Belfast
Artist Tom Carr is born is Belfast …

Geoffrey Bing, born
Geoffrey Bing, born Geoffrey Henry Cecil Bing (24 July 1909 – 24 April 1977) was a British barrister and politician who served as the Labour Member of Parliament for Hornchurch from 1945 to 1955. …

Charlotte Grace OBrien, Irish social reformer dies
Charlotte Grace OBrien, Irish social reformer dies …

Robert Dudley Edwards, historian, is born in Dublin
Robert Dudley Edwards, historian, is born in Dublin …