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Forth Road Bridge opened by the Queen. At, 6,156 feet long and a centre span of, 3300 feet, it was the longest in Europe at that time.
Forth Road Bridge opened by the Queen. At, 6,156 feet long and a centre span of, 3300 feet, it was the longest in Europe at that time. …

Last tramcar run in Glasgow (to Auchenshuggle).
Last tramcar run in Glasgow (to Auchenshuggle). …

Dónal Foley, journalist, humorist and author of Man Bites Dog column in the Irish Times, is born in Ring, Co. Waterford
Dónal Foley, journalist, humorist and author of Man Bites Dog column in the Irish Times, is born in Ring, Co. Waterford …

John Dillon, Nationalist politician, is born in Blackrock, Co. Dublin
John Dillon, Nationalist politician, is born in Blackrock, Co. Dublin …

Conspiracy judgment against Daniel OConnell is reversed by House of Lords
Conspiracy judgment against Daniel OConnell is reversed by House of Lords …

Cornwallis moves forward from Tuam to attack Castlebar Humbert leaves Castlebar with 800 French troops and 1000 Irish rebels and moves into Co Sligo. His plan is to march to Ulster. Humbert marches all might. Rising takes place in Longford and Westmeath
Cornwallis moves forward from Tuam to attack Castlebar Humbert leaves Castlebar with 800 French troops and 1000 Irish rebels and moves into Co Sligo. His plan is to march to Ulster. Humbert marches all might. Rising takes place in Longford and Westmeath …

Francois-Rene de Chateaubriand, Breton linguist, born
Francois-Rene de Chateaubriand, Breton linguist, born …

Hugh ONeill, Ruari ODonnell and other chiefs of their families depart Lough Swilly for the continent in what has become known as the Flight of the Earls
Hugh ONeill, Ruari ODonnell and other chiefs of their families depart Lough Swilly for the continent in what has become known as the Flight of the Earls In September 1607, Hugh ONeill, 2nd Earl of Tyrone and Rory ODonnell, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell set sail from Rathmullan, a village on the shore of Lough Swilly in County Donegal, with ninety of their followers. Their intended destination was Spain, but they disembarked in France and proceeded overland to Italy. They never returned to Ireland. This journey, the Flight of the Earls, marked the final destruction of Irelands ancient Gaelic aristocracy and paved the way for the Plantation of Ulster. …

King Alexander III born at Roxburgh.
King Alexander III born at Roxburgh. …