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Birth of politician, Secretary of State for Scotland, Minister for Defence, Viscount Younger of Leckie (George Younger). Later became Chairman of The Royal Bank of Scotland plc.
Birth of politician, Secretary of State for Scotland, Minister for Defence, Viscount Younger of Leckie (George Younger). Later became Chairman of The Royal Bank of Scotland plc. …

The first professional artist ever to appear on British television, Irishwoman Miss Peg O’Neil, gives a charming entertainment, chatting and smiling, and telling Irish stories. The broadcast takes place at Olympia on the first day of the Radio Exhibitio
The first professional artist ever to appear on British television, Irishwoman Miss Peg O’Neil, gives a charming entertainment, chatting and smiling, and telling Irish stories. The broadcast takes place at Olympia on the first day of the Radio Exhibitio …

Mid-Clare Brigade, IRA, kill six policemen near Miltown Malbay, Co. Clare
Mid-Clare Brigade, IRA, kill six policemen near Miltown Malbay, Co. Clare …

The gunboat HMS Wasp is wrecked off Tory Island, Co. Donegal, with the loss of 52 lives; there are eight survivors
The gunboat HMS Wasp is wrecked off Tory Island, Co. Donegal, with the loss of 52 lives; there are eight survivors …

Col. James Mulligan, who commanded Mulligans Irish Brigade, dies of wounds sustained at the 3rd Battle of Winchester
Col. James Mulligan, who commanded Mulligans Irish Brigade, dies of wounds sustained at the 3rd Battle of Winchester …

Patrick Moore, Confederate General, is born in Galway
Patrick Moore, Confederate General, is born in Galway …

Colonel Trench marches from Castlebar and takes Ballina
Colonel Trench marches from Castlebar and takes Ballina …

Charles I offers twenty-six concessions (graces) to the Irish in return for subsidies to expand his army
Charles I offers twenty-six concessions (graces) to the Irish in return for subsidies to expand his army …

Battle of Kinsale
Battle of Kinsale …

Duke Fransez II sets up a Breton national assembly.
Duke Fransez II sets up a Breton national assembly. The house of Tudor ruled England, Wales and Ireland from 1485 to 1603. Henry VII showed some favour to the land of his paternal grandfather, and his granddaughter Elizabeth I was not without sympathy for Wales. Indeed it was perhaps the accession of th …