2014 Event The European Commission (EC) is examining the tax status of Fiat in Luxembourg; Starbucks in the Netherlands; and Apple in Ireland to identify potential unfair tax advantages; the companies say they are in compliance with financial laws 2014 Event Michael D. Higgins, President of Ireland, makes the first visit to the U.K. as Irish head of state; his visit reciprocates that of Queen Elizabeth II to Ireland in 2011 2013 Event Republic of Ireland voters determine whether the 90-year-old Seanad Eireann, Irish Senate should be abolished 2013 Event The Syrian civil war is a high-priority topic at the39th annual G8 Summit begins in Northern Ireland 2013 Event Heavy snowfall in Great Britain and Ireland causes Heathrow airport in London to cancel 100 flights; many passengers spend the night sleeping on the floor in the terminal 2013 Event The Republic of Ireland's Food Safety Authority announces horse DNA was present in some beef burgers on sale in supermarkets in Ireland and in the UK 2013 Event County Wicklow, Ireland holds funeral services for Irish mountaineer, Ian McKeever, who was killed by lightning on Mount Kilimanjaro 2012 Event Christmas food parcels are distributed in the Republic of Ireland; hundreds of people line up to receive them 2012 Event British Prime Minister David Cameron announces Lough Erne, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland as the location for the 39th G8 summit in June 2013 2012 Event The Republic of Ireland switches off its analog television service at 10:00am 2012 Event John Hume, Ireland's former Social Democratic Party Leader, receives the papal knighthood at a special mass at St. Eugene's Cathedral in Derry 2012 Event The winner of U.S. PGA Championship at Kiawah Island is Northern Ireland's professional golfer, Rory McIlroy 2012 Event Ireland is struck by another earthquake off of the County Mayo coast 2012 Event In Ireland, anti-austerity protesters use a coffin draped in the Irish tricolor 2011 Event Ireland inaugurates its ninth President, Michael D. Higgins 2011 Event A colony of stromatolites is discovered at the Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland 2011 Event P. J. Harvey's album 'Let England Shake' wins best album in the United Kingdom and Ireland 2011 Event According to Moody's, Ireland's debt rating has been reduced to 'junk' status 2011 Event Queen Elizabeth II visits Ireland's Croke Park in Dublin, where the Bloody Sunday massacre of 1920 occurred during the Irish War of Independence 2010 Event A loan of 22.5bn euro to the Republic of Ireland is approved by the International Monetary Fund 2010 Event Booksellers object to plans for the UK and Ireland to make more than a million free books available March 5, 2011 2010 Event Ireland presents its 15 billion euro austerity package to secure a financial bailout from European Union and the International Monetary Fund 2010 Event The inquiry into Bloody Sunday in Northern Ireland, 1972, determined British paratroopers first the first shot without warning, and concocted lies to cover up their acts 2010 Event Ash from the Iceland volcano causes new flight restrictions at airports including Shannon Airport and Ireland West Airport Knock 2010 Event Northern Ireland's electricity is knocked out; nearly 25,000 homes remain powerless 2010 Event A car bomb explodes in a courthouse located in Newry, Northern Ireland. The area's last incidence of a car bombing was in the year 2000 2009 Death Frank McCourt, author, teacher, wrote Pulitzer-Prize winning book, 'Angela's Ashes', a memoir of his impoverished life in Ireland, dies at age 78 in Manhattan, New York 1998 Event Twenty nine murdered by Irish terrorists in Omagh, Northern Ireland 1998 Event Negotiators from various factions sign the Good Friday Agreement, a plan for peace in Northern Ireland. 1996 Event Ireland beats Netherlands in 1st European Championship Final 1996 Death Veronica Guerin, born in Ireland, nicknamed 'Ronnie', journalist, crime reporter, used pseudonyms, street names, exposing underworld figures in the Sunday Independent newspaper, helped found Criminal Assets Bureau, received death threats, murdered, by drug dealers, dies at 36 1996 Event 29th Curtis Cup: Great Britain and Ireland, 11 - 6 1995 Event Playboy goes back on sale after 36 year ban in Ireland 1995 Event Ireland votes to end 70-year-old ban on divorce (50.28% to 49.72%) 1995 Event 35th Walker Cup: Britain - Ireland beats U.S., 14 - 10 1994 Event John Bruton becomes Ireland's premier 1994 Death Frankie Kennedy, Irish flute player, tin whistle player, co-founder of the band Altan, dies at 38 of Ewing's sarcoma, in Northern Ireland 1994 Event Northern Ireland Sinn Fein proclaims ceases-fire 1993 Event British premier Major/Irish premier Reynolds signs Downing Street Declaration concerning Northern Ireland self determination 1993 Death Danny Blanchflower, North Ireland soccer/union coach, dies at 67 1992 Death Jan G Toonder, writer (Castle in Ireland), dies at 78 1992 Death John Ireland, actor (Rawhide), dies of leukemia at 78 1990 Event Mary Robinson elected as 1st female president of Ireland 1990 Death Jill Ireland, actress (Carry on Nurse, Family), dies of cancer at 54 1989 Event 32nd Walker Cup: Britain - Ireland, 12 -11 1988 Death William V Shannon, U.S. ambassador to Ireland (1977-81), dies at 61 1988 Death Sean MacBride, Ireland, commander of Irish Republican Army, dies at 83 1987 Event IRA-bomb attack in Enniskillen North Ireland, 11 killed 1985 Event Republic of Ireland gains consultative role in Northern Ireland 1985 Event Bomb destroys Air India Boeing 747 in air near Ireland, 329 die 1984 Event Actress Jill Ireland has a radical mastectomy 1983 Death Edgar Graham, member of N Ireland Assembly, shot dead by IRA 1983 Event Champion thoroughbred Shergar kidnapped in Ireland; never found Lloyds of London pays $10.6 million insurance 1983 Birthday Samantha Mumba, born in Dublin, Ireland, singer, actress, song, 'Gotta Tell You' reached number one in the Irish charts, appeared in movie, 'The Time Machine' 1982 Event Bomb attack on Londonderry, North Ireland disco, 17 killed 1982 Event 11 soldiers and 6 civilians die by bomb planted by Irish National Liberation Army exploded in a pub in Ballykelly, Northern Ireland 1979 Event Ireland premier Jack Lynch resigns 1979 Event Pope John Paul II becomes 1st pope to visit Ireland 1979 Event 18 British militia die in ambush/bomb attack in Northern Ireland 1977 Event Ireland sets fishing zone at 50 mile 1977 Birthday Ronan Keating, born in Bayside Dublin, Ireland, Irish singer for Boyzone 1976 Event 10,000 Northern Ireland women demonstrate for peace in Belfast 1976 Death Christopher Ewart-Biggs, British ambassador to Ireland, assassinated 1976 Birthday Shane Lynch, born in Dublin, Ireland, Irish singer, Boyzone 1976 Birthday Colin Farrell, born in Castleknock, Ireland, actor, films include, 'Minority Report', 'Alexander', 'In Bruges', listed as 'People' magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People, 2003 1976 Birthday Stephen Gately, born in Dublin, Ireland, Irish singer, Boyzone 1975 Event Kidnapped AKZO director Herrema freed in Ireland 1975 Event Ireland AKZO director Tiede Herrema kidnap 1974 Birthday Keith Duffy, born in Dublin, Ireland, Irish singer, Boyzone 1974 Event Northern Ireland is brought under direct rule from Westminster 1974 Event 78th Boston Marathon won by Neil Cusack of Ireland in 2:13:39 1973 Event Sunningdale Agreement in Northern Ireland 1973 Birthday Fiona Mullally, Miss Ireland Universe 1997 1973 Birthday Caroline Corr, born in Dundalk, Ireland, drummer, member of 'The Corrs' folk-rock band, pop, rock, Celtic genres 1973 Event Liam Cosgrave appointed president of Ireland 1973 Event Britain, Ireland and Denmark become 7th - 9th members of Common Market 1972 Birthday Mikey Graham, born in Dublin, Ireland, Irish singer, Boyzone 1972 Death Edward VIII, King of Great Britian/Northern Ireland/emperor (India 1936), dies at 77 1972 Event Great Britain imposes direct rule over Northern Ireland 1972 Event Paul McCartney releases "Give Ireland back to the Irish" single 1972 Event BBC bans "Give Ireland Back to the Irish" by Wings 1972 Event Wings release "Give Ireland Back to the Irish" in UK 1971 Birthday Noel Hogan, born in Moyross, Ireland, musician, guitarist, songwriter, co-wrote songs or band, The Cranberries 1971 Death Jack Barnhill, Northern Ireland senator, assassinated 1971 Death Sean O. Riada, born in County Limerick, Ireland, bandleader, composer, influential in 1960's traditional Irish music renaissance, dies at 40 1971 Birthday Roy Keane, born in Cork, Ireland, soccer player, midfielder, manager of Ipswich Town, an English Championship club, represented Republic of Ireland in 1994 World Cup and 2002 World Cup 1971 Birthday Kenny Cunningham, born in Dublin, Ireland, professional soccer player, defender, won 70 caps for the Republic of Ireland national football team 1971 Event 23rd Walker Cup: Britain - Ireland, 13 - 11 1971 Birthday Darwin Ireland, NFL linebacker for the Chicago Bears 1969 Birthday Sonia O'Sullivan, Ireland, 5k runner, Olympics-4th-92, 96 1969 Event British troops intervene militarily in Northern Ireland 1969 Event Ireland bowl out WI for 25 at Londonderry, win by 9 wkts 1967 Birthday Derek Porter, Belfast Ireland, Canadian rower, Olympic-gold/silver-92/96 1967 Event Great Britain, Ireland and Denmark apply for Common Market membership 1966 Birthday Sinead O'Connor, Dublin Ireland, singer, Nothing Compares 2 U 1965 Birthday Christopher Nolan, born in Ireland, handicapped writer, Under Eye of Clock 1964 Event Rolling Stone concert in Ireland halts after 12 minutes due to riot 1964 Birthday Richard Dunwoody, born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, British jockey in National Hunt Racing, won King George VI Chase four times on the famous grey Desert Orchid in 1989 and 1990 1963 Event President Kennedy spent 1st full day in Ireland 1963 Birthday Kathy Ireland, model and actress, Alien From, Louisiana, Side Out 1962 Death John N Ireland, English composer/pianist (Epic March), dies at 82 1961 Birthday Larry Mullen, Jr., Dublin Ireland, rock drummer, U2-I Will Follow 1961 Birthday Enya, Eithne Ni Bhraonain, Gweedore, Ireland, vocalist, Watermark 1961 Birthday Mark Kelly, born in Dublin, Ireland, keyboardist, Marillion-Real to Reel 1960 Birthday Bono Vox, Paul Hauson, Dublin, Ireland, rocker, U2-Joshua Tree 1960 Birthday Bono, born in Dublin, Ireland, born Paul David Hewson, Irish musician, activist, lead vocalist for rock band U2, 54th most successful songwriter in U.K. singles chart history, activism includes Product Red and the ONE campaign 1960 Birthday Jim Reilly, born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, second drummer for Stiff Little Fingers, a Northern Ireland punk band, played for U.S. bands Red Rockers and The Raindogs 1960 Birthday Barry McGuigan, born in Clones, County Monaghan, Republic of Ireland, professional boxer, world featherweight champion, number one featherweight challenger in the World Boxing Association 1960 Birthday Sean Kerly, born in Whitstable, Kent, England, Sean Robin Kerly, athlete, field hockey player, awarded bronze medal at 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, 1984, scored eight goals at 1988 Olympics in Seoul, playing for Great Britain and Northern Ireland squad 1959 Birthday Stephen Roche, born in Dundrum, Ireland, racing cyclist, second ever to win Triple Crown victories, 58 professional career wins 1959 Event Eamon de Valera elected President of Ireland 1958 Event Great Britain issues regional stamps for Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales 1958 Event KLM Superconstellation crashes west of Ireland, killing 99 1958 Birthday David W. Feherty, Bangor N Ireland, PGA golfer, 1994 New England-2nd 1958 Birthday Maureen Madill, born in Coleraine, Nothern Ireland, golfer, British Open Amateur 1979 1957 Event 12th Ryder Cup: Britain - Ireland, 7 - 4 at Lindrick GC, England 1957 Event Eamon de Valera's Fianna Fail-party wins election in Ireland 1956 Event Emergency crisis in North Ireland proclaimed after IRA strikes 1956 Birthday Amanda Burton, born in Ballougry, Northern Ireland, actress, known for television role of Sam Ryan on 'Silent Witness', appeared in 'The Commander' and 'Peak Practice' 1956 Birthday Patrick McGeown, born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, politician, Belfast City Council councilor, volunteer, Provisional Irish Republican Army, participant, Irish hunger strike, 1981 1956 Birthday Liam Brady, born in Dublin, Ireland, professional soccer player, midfielder, assistant manager, Republic of Ireland senior team 1955 Birthday Frankie Kennedy, born in Belfast, Ireland, Irish flute player, tin whistle player, co-founder of the band Altan 1955 Birthday Patrick McCabe, born in Clones, Ireland, novelist, wrote 'Butcher Boy', 'Breakfast on Pluto', both adapted into films by Neil Jordan 1955 Birthday Joe Doherty, Ireland, IRA activist, jailed in U.S. 1954 Birthday Sammy McIlroy, born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, soccer player, athlete, played for Manchester United, manages Morecambe Football Club, in Football League Two, the fourth division of English football 1954 Event John Costello becomes premier of Ireland 1953 Death Mary, queen of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, dies at 85 1952 Birthday Eamonn Coghlan, Ireland, 1500m runner, 1976 Olympics 1952 Birthday Liam Neeson, born in Northern Ireland, actor, Schindler's List, Les Miserables 1952 Birthday Jonjo O'Neill, born in Castletownroche, Ireland, racehorse trainer, former jockey, won British Champion Jockey title, Cheltenham Gold Cup 1951 Birthday Bob Geldof, born in Dublin, Ireland, rocker, member of The Boomtown Rats, singer, songwriter, actor, played Pink in "The Wall" 1951 Birthday Bertie Ahern, Dublin Ireland, Prime Minister of Ireland, 1997 - 2008 1951 Birthday Phil Lynott, Dublin Ireland, rock bassist, Thin Lizzy 1950 Birthday Gabriel Byrne, Dublin, Ireland, actor, Hello Again, Cool World 1950 Birthday Neil Jordan, born in Sligo, Ireland, director, filmmaker, novelist, won Academy-Award for movie, The Crying Game 1949 Event British government recognizes Republic of Ireland 1949 Birthday Walter Sweeney, born in Ireland, born Walter Edward Sweeney, politician, lawyer, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for the Vale of Glamorgan 1949 Event Republic of Ireland withdraws from British Commonwealth 1949 Birthday Rory Gallagher, born in Donegal, Ireland, rock guitarist, See Here 1948 Event Ireland votes for independence from UK 1948 Birthday Sinead Cusack, Ireland, actress, Waterland, Revenge 1948 Event John Costello follows Eamon Da Valera as premier of Ireland 1947 Birthday Sam Neill, Northern Ireland, actor, Jurassic Park, Dead Calm, Piano 1947 Birthday Eric Bell, born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, rock guitarist, Thin Lizzy 1947 Birthday John Bruton, Prime Minister, Republic of Ireland 1947 Birthday Anthony Corlan, Cork City Ireland, actor, Something for Everyone 1947 Birthday John Reid, born in Lanarkshire, Scotland, politician, Member of Parliament for Airdrie and Shotts, public service includes Secretary of State for Scotland, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 1946 Birthday Jackie McCauley, North Ireland, rock pianist, Them Coleraine 1946 Birthday Gilbert O'Sullivan, Ireland, singer, Alone Again Naturally 1946 Birthday Alasdair Fraser, QC/director, Public Prosecutions for N Ireland 1945 Birthday Patricia Ireland, feminist/president, National Organization of Women 1945 Birthday Brenda Fricker, Dublin Ireland, actress, My Left Foot 1944 Birthday Mary Robinson, President of Republic of Ireland, Labour, 1990- 1944 Birthday Pat McCauley, N Ireland, rock drummer, Them 1944 Event U-264 sinks off Ireland 1944 Event U-424 sunk off Ireland 1944 Event U-666/U-545/U-283 sink off Ireland 1944 Event U-734/U-238 sunk off Ireland 1944 Event U-762 sunk off Ireland 1944 Event U-592 sunk off Ireland 1944 Event U-271 and U-571 sunk off Ireland 1943 Birthday Eddie McGrady, born in County Down, Northern Ireland, born Eddie Kevin McGrady, Member of Parliament for South Down, founding member of the Social Democratic and Labor Party 1942 Birthday Billy Harrison, Belfast Ireland, rock guitarist, Them 1942 Birthday Danny Hutton, Ireland, rock vocalist, Three Dog Night 1942 Event 1st U.S. force in Europe during WW II go ashore in Northern Ireland 1941 Birthday Fionnula Flanagan, Dublin Ireland, actress, Rich Man Poor Man 1939 Birthday James Galway, born in Belfast. Ireland, flutist, 18k gold flute, Royal Phil 1939 Event German U-boat torpedoes tanker Sliedrecht near Ireland 1939 Birthday Seamus Heaney, born in Ireland, poet, writer, poetry professor at the University of Oxford, Nobel Prize in Literature recipient, wrote play The Cure at Troy, Seeing Things, The Spirit Level, Beowulf: A New Translation 1938 Event Douglas (Wrong Way) Corrigan leaves New York for LA, wound up in Ireland 1938 Event 10th Walker Cup: Britain - Ireland, 7 - 4 1938 Birthday Johnny Caldwell, Ireland, flyweight boxer 1956 Olympics bronze 1937 Event Ireland adopts constitution (Irish Free State becomes Eire) 1936 Birthday Jill Ireland, born in London, actress, Breakout, Assassination, Chino 1936 Birthday Roy Beggs, born in Ballyclare, Northern Ireland, John Robert Beggs, Ulster Unionist Party, Member of Parliament for East Antrim 1983 - 2005, known for his Euroscepticism, strong support of Northern Ireland's grammar schools 1935 Birthday Jack Charlton, soccer manager, Rep of Ireland 1935 Birthday Ronnie Delaney, born in Ireland, 1500m runner, Gold Medal 1956 Olympics 1933 Birthday Terence Cooper, born in Northern Ireland, actor, Casino Royale 1933 Birthday Shani Wallis, Ireland, singer and actress, Oliver 1933 Birthday Seoirse Bodley, born in Ireland, contemporary composer 1932 Birthday Edna O'Brien, born in Ireland, writer, Fanatic of Heart, Casualties of Peace 1932 Birthday Peter O'Toole, born in Ireland, actor, Lord Jim, Beckett, Lawrence of Arabia 1932 Event Eamon De Valera becomes president of Ireland 1931 Event British Statute of Westminster gives complete legislative independence to Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Ireland, Newfndlnd 1931 Birthday Sean O. Riada, born in County Limerick, Ireland, bandleader, composer, influential in 1960's traditional Irish music renaissance 1931 Birthday Kenneth Bloomfield, BBC governor, Ireland 1931 Birthday William Warner Westenra, born in Ireland, born William Warner Westenra, Lord Rossmore, 7th Baron Rossmore, Peerage of Ireland 1930 Birthday Colin Blakely, Bangor N Ireland, actor, Shattered, Equus, King Lear 1930 Birthday Andy Ireland, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Representative-R-Florida 1981 - 1993 1930 Birthday Frank McCourt, born in Brooklyn, New York, author, teacher, wrote Pulitzer-Prize winning book, 'Angela's Ashes', a memoir of his impoverished life in Ireland 1930 Birthday Heather Harper, born in Belfast, Ireland, soprano, known for role of Elsa in Lohengrin, by Wagner, Ellen Orford in Peter Grimes, by Britten 1930 Birthday Patrick Pery, born in Ireland, born Patrick Edmund Pery, 6th Earl of Limerick, The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Irish peer, public servant 1930 Birthday David Staple, joint President, Council of Churches for British and Ireland 1929 Birthday T[homas] P[atrick] McKenna, Ireland, actor, Rivals, Holocaust 1929 Event 2nd Ryder Cup: Britain - Ireland, 7 - 5 at Moortown, England 1927 Birthday William V Shannon, journalist/ambassador to Ireland, 1977-81 1927 Birthday Norman Ireland, CEO, Bowater 1927 Birthday John McDermott, Lord Justice of Appeal, Northern Ireland 1926 Birthday Hugh Leonard, born in Dublin, Ireland, writer, winner, Jacob's Award, for 'Wuthering Heights', wrote Sunday Independent column 'The Curmudgeon' 1926 Birthday Milo O'Shea, born in Dublin, Ireland, actor, Barbarella, Romeo and Juliet 1926 Birthday Lord Fitt, MP, Belfast Ireland 1926 Birthday Ian Paisley, North Ireland, clergyman and MP 1926 Birthday Ray McAnally, born in Ireland, actor, My Left Foot, Empire State, Sicilian 1926 Birthday Garret FitzGerald, Prime Minister of Ireland 1925 Birthday Fred Catherwood, born in Londonderry, Northern Ireland, politician, writer, Conservative member of the European Parliament, president of Evangelical Alliance 1924 Birthday Sean McClory, born in Dublin, Ireland, actor, Jack-Californians, My Chauffeur 1923 Birthday Patricia Phoenix, County Galway Ireland, actress, L Shaped Room 1923 Birthday Siobhan McKenna, Ireland, stage actress, Saint Joan 1923 Birthday Edward Mulhare, Cork, Ireland, actor, Daniel Gregg-Ghost and Mrs. Muir 1923 Birthday Brendan Behan, born in Dublin, Ireland, author and poet, Hostage 1922 Event Last British troops leave Ireland Freestate 1922 Birthday Patrick J G McGee, born in North Ireland, actor, Clockwork Orange 1921 Event Anglo-Irish Treaty signed; Ireland receives dominion status; partition creates Northern Ireland 1921 Birthday Brian Moore, Ireland, novelist, Catholics, Doctor's Wife 1921 Event 1st parliament for Northern Ireland elected 1920 Event Ireland divided into 2 parts, each with its own parliament 1920 Birthday Basil Kelly, Lord Justice of Appeals, Northern Ireland 1919 Event Government of Ireland Act of Power (Home Rule for Ireland) 1919 Birthday John Meade, born in Ireland, 7th Earl of Clanwilliam, a title in the Peerage of Ireland created in 1776 for John Meade, who served as Attorney-General for Ireland 1919 Birthday Iris Murdoch, born in Dublin, Ireland, novelist, Severed Head, Unicorn 1919 Event 1st nonstop Atlantic flight, Alcock and Brown, lands in Ireland 1919 Birthday Richard Todd, born in Ireland, actor, Dorian Gray, Assassin Yangtse Incident 1919 Birthday Dan O'Herlihy, Ireland, actor, Fail Safe, Last Starfighter, Robocop 1919 Birthday Robert Lowry, born in Ireland, judge, Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, Baron Lowry of Crossgar in the County of Down 1919 Event Sinn Fein proclaims parliament of Free Ireland 1919 Event Anti-British uprising in Ireland 1918 Birthday Jack MacGowran, Dublin Ireland, actor, King Lear, Exorcist 1918 Event U.S. ship Otranto sinks between Scotland and Ireland, 425 die 1918 Death John Ireland, Irish/U.S. archbishop of St. Paul, dies at 80 1918 Birthday Peter O'Sullevan, born in Ireland, horse racing commentator 1918 Event 1st WW I U.S. Army troop ship torpedoed and sunk by Germany, off Ireland 1917 Birthday Valerie Hobson, North Ireland, actress, Great Expectations 1915 Event German U-20 sinks Centurion SE of Ireland 1914 Event Ship rams Canadian ship Empress of Ireland on St. Lawrence R; 1024 die 1914 Birthday John Ireland, Vancouver BC, actor, Rawhide, Gunfight at OK Corral 1913 Birthday Niall MacGinnis, born in Dublin, Ireland, actor, Curse of the Demon 1913 Event British House of Commons accepts Home-Rule for Ireland 1912 Birthday Edward Jones, North Ireland lord justice of appeals 1912 Event Titanic leaves Queenstown, Ireland for New York 1912 Birthday Wilfrid Brambell, born in Dublin, Ireland, actor, Hard Day's Night 1911 Birthday Maureen O'Sullivan, Boyle Ireland, actress, Tarzan, Pride and Prejudice 1909 Birthday Francis Bacon, born in Ireland, painter, Study for a Pope 1908 Birthday Greer Garson, born in North Ireland, actress, Pride and Prejudice, Chips 1907 Birthday Robert Tisdall, Ireland, 400m hurdler 1932 Olympics gold 1905 Birthday Brian Coffey, born in Dublin, Ireland, poet, publisher, influenced by Catholicism, science and philosophy, surrealism, published in the University Review, established Advent Press 1905 Birthday Lord Carew, born in Ireland, judge, dressage 1904 Birthday George Brent, born in Dublin, Ireland, actor, 42nd St, Jezebel 1903 Birthday Max Adrian, Enniskillen Northern Ireland, actor, Devils, Music Lover 1903 Birthday Veronica Turleigh, County Donegal Ireland, actress, Promoter 1901 Event Peter O'Connor of Ireland, sets then long jump record at 24' 11 3/4" 1901 Birthday Brian Donlevy, Ireland, actor, Barbary Coast, Glass Key, Wake Island 1900 Birthday Eileen Percy, Belfast Ireland, silent film actress, Let's Go 1896 Birthday Arthur Shields, Dublin Ireland, actor, River, Enchanted Island 1896 Birthday Jane Wilde, born in Dublin, Ireland, writer, poet, activist, nationalist movement supporter, advocate of women's rights 1896 Birthday Rex Ingram, Ireland, actor and director, Elmer Gantry, God's Little Acre 1894 Birthday Edward VIII, King of Great Britian/Northern Ireland/empero of India, 1936 1893 Birthday Sara Allgood, Dublin Ireland, actress, Jane Eyre, Spiral Staircase 1892 Birthday Patricia Collinge, Dublin Ireland, actress, Tender Comrade 1891 Death Charles Stewart Parnells, remains buried in Ireland 1889 Birthday Barry Macollum, born in Northern Ireland 1889 Birthday Tom Dugan, Dublin Ireland, actor, Circus Clown, Drag, Skyway 1888 Birthday Cathleen Nesbitt, Belfast Ireland, actress, Agatha-Farmer's Daughter 1888 Birthday Barry Fitzgerald, born in Dublin, Ireland, actor, Academy Award-Going My Way 1888 Birthday Matt Moore, County Meath Ireland, actor, Coquette, Deluge 1886 Birthday Owen Moore, County Meath Ireland, actor, She Done Him Wrong 1884 Birthday Forrester Harvey, born in Ireland, actor, Tarzan, Chump at Oxford 1882 Birthday Eamon DeValera, New York, President of Ireland, 1937-48, 51-54, 57-59 1882 Birthday Creighton Hale, Cork Ireland, actor, Gorilla Man, Way Down East 1880 Birthday Una O'Connor, Belfast Ireland, actress, David Copperfield 1880 Birthday Sean O'Casey, born in Ireland, playwright, 'Juno and the Paycock' and 'The Plough and the Stars' 1879 Birthday Sara Allgood, Dublin Ireland, actress, Blackmail, Storm in a Teacup 1879 Birthday John N Ireland, English composer/pianist, Mai-Dun 1875 Birthday Lumsden Hare, Ireland, actor, Oregon Trail, Desert Fox, Young Bess 1874 Birthday Ernest H Shackleton, Kilkee Ireland, explorer, Endurance, Antarctica 1871 Birthday John Millington Synge, Ireland, dramatist/poet, Riders to the Sea 1867 Birthday John Robert Gregg, Ireland, inventor, shorthand 1867 Birthday Mary, queen of Great Britain and North Ireland 1867 Birthday Lionel Pigot Johnson, born in England, poet and critic, Ireland and Other Poems 1865 Birthday William Butler Yeats, born in Ireland, poet, Wild Swans at Coole-Nobel 1923 1859 Birthday Victor August Herbert, Dublin Ireland, composer, Babes in Toyland 1854 Birthday Oscar Wilde, born in Dublin, Ireland, 'Picture of Dorian Gray' 1854 Birthday Tom Felix Horan, cricketer, Ireland Pioneering Australia all-rounder 1852 Birthday Augusta Gregory, born in Ireland, playwright and poet, Yates mistress 1852 Birthday Isabella Gregory, born in Ireland, writer and playwright, Golden Apple 1852 Birthday George A. Moore, Ireland, painter/novelist, Esther Waters 1850 Event Ireland's SS Royal Adelaide sinks in storm; 200 die 1847 Birthday Alice Sophia Stopford Green, Ireland, proponent of Irish independence 1847 Event Pope Pius IX encyclical "On aid for Ireland" 1844 Birthday Alexandra, Danish princess, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland 1841 Death Catherine McAuley, founder, the Sisters of Mercy, established 12 foundations in Ireland, 2 in England, inherited fortune from father, used money to care for, educate, homeless women and children, dies at her House of Mercy 1840 Birthday John Philip Holland, Liscannor Ireland, pioneer in submarine building 1838 Birthday John Ireland, Irish/US archbishop of St. Paul 1835 Death William Henry Ireland, forger (Shakespearean manuscripts), dies 1832 Birthday Charles Boycott, Ireland, estate manager 1830 Birthday Justin M'Carthy, Ireland, Irish politician/novelist, Miss Misanthrope 1821 Birthday William Allingham, Irish poet, Laurence Bloomfield in Ireland 1817 Event 1st flower show held, Dannybrook, County Cork, Ireland 1813 Birthday Thomas Andrews, Belfast Ireland, chemist/physicist, ozone 1801 Event Ireland and Great Britain, England and Scotland, form United Kingdom 1801 Event United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland established 1798 Event Battle at Castelbar, Ireland: French army hunts The English 1784 Event 1st balloon flight in Ireland 1782 Birthday John Field, Dublin Ireland, pianist/composer, Nocturnes 1778 Birthday Catherine McAuley, born in Dublin, Ireland, founder, the Sisters of Mercy, established 12 foundations in Ireland, 2 in England, inherited fortune from father, used money to care for, educate, homeless women and children 1766 Death James III Edward, Old Pretender, king of Great Britain and Ireland, dies at 77 1761 Birthday Dorothea Jordan, Ireland, French comedic actress 1730 Birthday Oliver Goldsmith, Ireland, novelist/dramatist, She Stoops to Conquer 1721 Birthday Francis Ireland, composer 1713 Birthday Laurence Sterne, Ireland, novelist/satirist, Tristram Shandy 1701 Event Great Britain and Ireland union is in effect, creating United Kingdom 1695 Event Jonathan Swift ordained an Anglican priest in Ireland 1694 Birthday Francis Hutcheson, born in Drumaleg, Ireland, philosopher, Scottish Presbyterian, founding father of Scottish Enlightenment, proponent of Utilitarianism 1691 Event English and Dutch army occupies Limerick Ireland 1690 Event Army of England's Protestant King William III defeats Roman Catholic King James II in Battle of Boyne in Ireland 1690 Event King Willem III's army lands at Carrickfergus Ireland 1690 Event English king Willem III departs to Ireland 1690 Event French king Louis XIV sends troops to Ireland 1689 Event Orangeman's Day-Battle of Boyne, Protestant victory in Ireland 1689 Event Former English King James II lands in Ireland 1685 Birthday George Berkeley, born in Ireland, philosopher and bishop of Cloyne 1685 Death Charles II, King of England/Scotland/Ireland (1660-85), dies at 54 1654 Event England, Ireland and Scotland united 1651 Event English troops occupy Limerick Ireland 1649 Event Oliver Cromwell seizes Drogheda Ireland, most inhabitants massacred 1641 Death Thomas Wentworth, English viceroy of Ireland, beheaded at 48 1625 Event Charles I, King Of England, Scotland and Ireland, ascends English throne 1602 Event Battle at Kinsale, Ireland: English army beats Spanish 1602 Event Spanish force in Ireland surrender to the English at Kinsdale 1599 Event Robert Devereux becomes Lieutenant-General of Ireland 1596 Event Spanish fleet sails from Lisbon to Ireland 1593 Birthday Thomas Wentworth, London, earl of Strafford/Viceroy of Ireland 1580 Event Spanish troops lands in Ireland 1579 Event Anti-English uprising in Ireland 1546 Event England signs Peace of Andres with Scotland/Ireland 1541 Event Irish parliament selects Henry VIII as king of Ireland 1014 Event King Brian Boru of Ireland beats Danes at Battle of Clontarf 1014 Death Brian Boru, king of Ireland, dies in battle at 87 461 Death St. Patrick, patron St. of Ireland, dies in Saul (according to legend) 432 Event St. Patrick, a bishop, is carried off to Ireland as a slave
