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The Queen officially opened the Burrell Collection in Glasgows Pollok Country Park. The museums collection had been donated to the city nearly, 40 years earlier by the shipping magnate Sir William Burrell.
The Queen officially opened the Burrell Collection in Glasgows Pollok Country Park. The museums collection had been donated to the city nearly, 40 years earlier by the shipping magnate Sir William Burrell. …

Birth of poet Patrick Kavanagh in Inishkeen, Co. Monaghan
Birth of poet Patrick Kavanagh in Inishkeen, Co. Monaghan …

Douglas Hydes Casadh an tSúgán - The Twisting of the Rope - is presented at The Gaiety Theatre in Dublin and becomes the first staged Irish-language play
Douglas Hydes Casadh an tSúgán - The Twisting of the Rope - is presented at The Gaiety Theatre in Dublin and becomes the first staged Irish-language play …

Irish National Land League founded in Dublin.
Irish National Land League founded in Dublin. In 1879 agricultural depression began to set in. Organised land agitation began in Co. Mayo, where Michael Davitt founded the Land League of Mayo in August 1879. This paved the way for the foundation of the Irish National Land League in October 1879 …

The Irish dead at the Battle of Trafalgar include Lieutenant William Ram, son of Abel Ram, MP for Co. Wexford, who is killed on board the Victory
The Irish dead at the Battle of Trafalgar include Lieutenant William Ram, son of Abel Ram, MP for Co. Wexford, who is killed on board the Victory …

Execution of Thomas Russell, United Irishman, in Downpatrick for “high treason”
Execution of Thomas Russell, United Irishman, in Downpatrick for “high treason” …