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Birth of Luke Kelly of the Dubliners
Birth of Luke Kelly of the Dubliners Luke Kelly, the renowned Irish folk singer and founding member of The Dubliners, was born on November 17, 1940, in Dublin, Ireland. …

Irish Hospitals' Sweepstake
Irish Hospitals' Sweepstake The Irish Hospitals’ Sweepstake was a lottery established in the Irish Free State in 1930 as the Irish Free State Hospitals’ Sweepstake to finance hospitals. It is generally referred to as the Irish Sweepstake or Irish Sweepstakes, frequently abbreviated to Irish Sweep or Irish Sweeps. …

The Irish Free State begins the executions of seventy seven anti Treaty republican prisoners
The Irish Free State begins the executions of seventy seven anti Treaty republican prisoners The first four executions occurred a month after most Republicans had rejected the amnesty that expired in mid-October 1922. …

Robert Owen, Welsh-Scottish industrialist and social reformer, founder of New Lanark community, died
Robert Owen, Welsh-Scottish industrialist and social reformer, founder of New Lanark community, died Robert Owen (14 May 1771 – 17 November 1858) was a Welsh textile manufacturer, philanthropist and social reformer, and a founder of utopian socialism and the co-operative movement. He strove to improve factory working conditions, promoted experimental socialistic communities, and sought a more collective approach to child-rearing, including government control of education. …

David Livingstone reached Victoria Falls in Africa
David Livingstone reached Victoria Falls in Africa David Livingstone, the Scottish missionary and explorer, reached Victoria Falls in Africa on November 16, 1855. He was born on 19 March 1813 in the mill town of Blantyre, Scotland, in a tenement building for the workers of a cotton factory on the banks of the River Clyde under the bridge crossing into Bothwell …

Donegal-born Brigadier Michael Corcorans Irish Legion is mustered into the Federal service; it is involved in the defense of Washington D.C.
Donegal-born Brigadier Michael Corcorans Irish Legion is mustered into the Federal service; it is involved in the defense of Washington D.C. Michael Corcoran (September 21, 1827 – December 22, 1863) was an Irish-American general in the Union Army during the American Civil War and a close confidant of President Abraham Lincoln. …

U.S. Confederte General, Joseph Finegan, is born in Clones, Co. Monaghhan
U.S. Confederte General, Joseph Finegan, is born in Clones, Co. Monaghhan Joseph Finegan, (November 17, 1814 – October 29, 1885), was an American businessman and brigadier general for the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. …

John Balliol acceded to Scottish throne
John Balliol acceded to Scottish throne John Balliol or John de Balliol (c. 1249 – late 1314), known derisively as Toom Tabard (meaning ’empty coat’), was King of Scots from 1292 to 1296. Little is known of his early life. …