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National Volunteer convention on parliamentary reform begins at the Rotunda in Dublin
National Volunteer convention on parliamentary reform begins at the Rotunda in Dublin The National Volunteer Convention on parliamentary reform that began at the Rotunda in Dublin is a historically significant event in Ireland’s political history. This convention took place in the early 1780s and was part of a broader movement for political reform in Ireland. …

Oliver Goldsmith, playwright, novelist and poet, born
Oliver Goldsmith, playwright, novelist and poet, born Oliver Goldsmith (10 November 1728 – 4 April 1774) was a well-known Anglo-Irish novelist, playwright, dramatist and poet, who is noted for his novel The Vicar of Wakefield (1766), his pastoral poem The Deserted Village (1770), and his plays The Good-Natur’d Man (1768) and She Stoops to Conquer (1771, first performed in 1773). He is thought by some to have written the classic children’s tale The History of Little Goody Two-Shoes (1765). …