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Explosion at Clarkston Toll shopping centre, killing, 12.
Explosion at Clarkston Toll shopping centre, killing, 12. …

Birth near Castleblaney, Co. Monaghan of General Eoin O’Duffy, first commissioner of the Garda Síochána (Blue Shirts)
Birth near Castleblaney, Co. Monaghan of General Eoin O’Duffy, first commissioner of the Garda Síochána (Blue Shirts) …

The Land League is outlawed
The Land League is outlawed …

Daniel Owen considered the greatest Welsh language novelist, born
Daniel Owen considered the greatest Welsh language novelist, born A writer, considered the national novelist of Wales. He was a natural storyteller whose works, set in his own time, introduced a wealth of vivid and memorable characters that have given him a place in Welsh literature comparable to that of Charles Dickens. …

Michael William Balfe, composer, dies in Dublin
Michael William Balfe, composer, dies in Dublin …

Duel between John Gustavus Crosbie and Sir Barry Denny, the sitting MP, the first fire Denny is shot fatally
Duel between John Gustavus Crosbie and Sir Barry Denny, the sitting MP, the first fire Denny is shot fatally …

Two hundred passengers are lost in the shipwrecks of the brigs Trevor Totty and Nonpareil
Two hundred passengers are lost in the shipwrecks of the brigs Trevor Totty and Nonpareil …

Birth of James Logan, Colonial statesman and scholar in Lurgan, Co. Armagh
Birth of James Logan, Colonial statesman and scholar in Lurgan, Co. Armagh …