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RTÉ Journalist Kevin O'Kelly is imprisoned for contempt of court
RTÉ Journalist Kevin O'Kelly is imprisoned for contempt of court RTÉ reporter Kevin O’Kelly had reported, not broadcast, his taped interview with Mac Stiofáin. He was jailed briefly for contempt in a court case arising out of the interview when Mac Stiofáin was charged with IRA membership. O’Kelly refused to identify Mac Stiofáin’s as the voice on his unbroadcast interview. The tape had been seized from his house by the Garda Síochána (police) …

Saor Uladh (Free Ulster) a splinter group of the IRA, attacks the police barracks in Rosslea, Co. Fermanagh
Saor Uladh (Free Ulster) a splinter group of the IRA, attacks the police barracks in Rosslea, Co. Fermanagh Saor Uladh ( Irish for “Free Ulster”) was a short-lived Irish republican paramilitary organisation in Northern Ireland in the 1950s …

Rugby player Karl Mullen is born in Courtown Harbour, Co. Wexford
Rugby player Karl Mullen is born in Courtown Harbour, Co. Wexford Dr Karl Daniel Mullen (26 November 1926 – 27 April 2009) was an Irish rugby union player and consultant gynaecologist who captained the Irish rugby team and captained the British Lions on their 1950 tour to Australia and New Zealand. …

Thomas Andrews, chemist and physicist, born in Belfast
Thomas Andrews, chemist and physicist, born in Belfast Thomas Andrews, FRS FRSE, was an Irish chemist and physicist, was born on December 19, 1813, in Belfast, Ireland. …

Osborn Joseph Bergin, Celtic Scholar, born in Cork
Osborn Joseph Bergin, Celtic Scholar, born in Cork Osborn Joseph Bergin (26 November 1873 – 6 October 1950) was a scholar of the Irish language and early Irish literature, who discovered Bergin’s Law. He was born on November 26, 1873, in Cork, Ireland. …

Aeneas Coffey, inventor of the Coffey Still, dies
Aeneas Coffey, inventor of the Coffey Still, dies Coffey was born in 1780. According to some sources he was born in Ireland most likely in Co. Dublin or Co. Wicklow. …

John Loudon McAdam Scottish engineer who developed the macadam road died
John Loudon McAdam Scottish engineer who developed the macadam road died John Loudon McAdam (23 September 1756 – 26 November 1836) was a Scottish civil engineer and road-builder. …

John Stearne, founder and first president of the College of Physicians, born
John Stearne, founder and first president of the College of Physicians, born John Stearne or Sterne (1624–1669) was an Irish academic, and first president of the College of Physicians in Dublin. …