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2009 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 Twenty nine murdered by Irish terrorists in Omagh, Northern Ireland 1998 Negotiators from various factions sign the Good Friday Agreement, a plan for peace in Northern Ireland. 1996 Ireland beats Netherlands in 1st European Championship Final 1996 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 29th Curtis Cup: Great Britain and Ireland, 11 - 6 1995 Playboy goes back on sale after 36 year ban in Ireland 1995 Ireland votes to end 70-year-old ban on divorce (50.28% to 49.72%) 1995 35th Walker Cup: Britain - Ireland beats U.S., 14 - 10 1994 John Bruton becomes Ireland's premier 1994 Northern Ireland Sinn Fein proclaims ceases-fire 1993 British premier Major/Irish premier Reynolds signs Downing Street Declaration concerning Northern Ireland self determination 1993 Danny Blanchflower, North Ireland soccer/union coach, dies at 67 1992 Jan G Toonder, writer (Castle in Ireland), dies at 78 1992 John Ireland, actor (Rawhide), dies of leukemia at 78 1990 Mary Robinson elected as 1st female president of Ireland 1990 Jill Ireland, actress (Carry on Nurse, Family), dies of cancer at 54 1989 32nd Walker Cup: Britain - Ireland, 12 -11 1988 William V Shannon, U.S. ambassador to Ireland (1977-81), dies at 61 1988 Sean MacBride, Ireland, commander of Irish Republican Army, dies at 83 1987 IRA-bomb attack in Enniskillen North Ireland, 11 killed 1985 Republic of Ireland gains consultative role in Northern Ireland 1985 Bomb destroys Air India Boeing 747 in air near Ireland, 329 die 1984 Actress Jill Ireland has a radical mastectomy 1983 Edgar Graham, member of N Ireland Assembly, shot dead by IRA 1983 Champion thoroughbred Shergar kidnapped in Ireland; never found Lloyds of London pays $10.6 million insurance 1982 Bomb attack on Londonderry, North Ireland disco, 17 killed 1982 11 soldiers and 6 civilians die by bomb planted by Irish National Liberation Army exploded in a pub in Ballykelly, Northern Ireland 1979 Ireland premier Jack Lynch resigns 1979 Pope John Paul II becomes 1st pope to visit Ireland 1979 18 British militia die in ambush/bomb attack in Northern Ireland 1977 Ireland sets fishing zone at 50 mile 1977 Ronan Keating, born in Bayside Dublin, Ireland, Irish singer for Boyzone 1976 10,000 Northern Ireland women demonstrate for peace in Belfast 1976 Christopher Ewart-Biggs, British ambassador to Ireland, assassinated 1976 Shane Lynch, born in Dublin, Ireland, Irish singer, Boyzone 1976 Stephen Gately, born in Dublin, Ireland, Irish singer, Boyzone 1975 Kidnapped AKZO director Herrema freed in Ireland 1975 Ireland AKZO director Tiede Herrema kidnap 1974 Keith Duffy, born in Dublin, Ireland, Irish singer, Boyzone 1974 Northern Ireland is brought under direct rule from Westminster 1974 78th Boston Marathon won by Neil Cusack of Ireland in 2:13:39 1973 Sunningdale Agreement in Northern Ireland 1973 Fiona Mullally, Miss Ireland Universe 1997 1973 Liam Cosgrave appointed president of Ireland 1973 Britain, Ireland and Denmark become 7th - 9th members of Common Market 1972 Mikey Graham, born in Dublin, Ireland, Irish singer, Boyzone 1972 Edward VIII, King of Great Britian/Northern Ireland/emperor (India 1936), dies at 77 1972 Great Britain imposes direct rule over Northern Ireland 1972 Paul McCartney releases "Give Ireland back to the Irish" single 1972 BBC bans "Give Ireland Back to the Irish" by Wings 1972 Wings release "Give Ireland Back to the Irish" in UK 1971 Jack Barnhill, Northern Ireland senator, assassinated 1971 Sean O. Riada, born in County Limerick, Ireland, bandleader, composer, influential in 1960's traditional Irish music renaissance, dies at 40 1971 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 23rd Walker Cup: Britain - Ireland, 13 - 11 1971 Darwin Ireland, NFL linebacker for the Chicago Bears 1969 Sonia O'Sullivan, Ireland, 5k runner, Olympics-4th-92, 96 1969 British troops intervene militarily in Northern Ireland 1969 Ireland bowl out WI for 25 at Londonderry, win by 9 wkts 1967 Derek Porter, Belfast Ireland, Canadian rower, Olympic-gold/silver-92/96 1967 Great Britain, Ireland and Denmark apply for Common Market membership 1966 Sinead O'Connor, Dublin Ireland, singer, Nothing Compares 2 U 1965 Christopher Nolan, born in Ireland, handicapped writer, Under Eye of Clock 1964 Rolling Stone concert in Ireland halts after 12 minutes due to riot 1963 President Kennedy spent 1st full day in Ireland 1963 Kathy Ireland, model and actress, Alien From, Louisiana, Side Out 1962 John N Ireland, English composer/pianist (Epic March), dies at 82 1961 Larry Mullen, Jr., Dublin Ireland, rock drummer, U2-I Will Follow 1961 Enya, Eithne Ni Bhraonain, Gweedore, Ireland, vocalist, Watermark 1961 Mark Kelly, born in Dublin, Ireland, keyboardist, Marillion-Real to Reel 1960 Bono Vox, Paul Hauson, Dublin, Ireland, rocker, U2-Joshua Tree 1960 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 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 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 Stephen Roche, born in Dundrum, Ireland, racing cyclist, second ever to win Triple Crown victories, 58 professional career wins 1959 Eamon de Valera elected President of Ireland 1958 Great Britain issues regional stamps for Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales 1958 KLM Superconstellation crashes west of Ireland, killing 99 1958 David W. Feherty, Bangor N Ireland, PGA golfer, 1994 New England-2nd 1958 Maureen Madill, born in Coleraine, Nothern Ireland, golfer, British Open Amateur 1979 1957 12th Ryder Cup: Britain - Ireland, 7 - 4 at Lindrick GC, England 1957 Eamon de Valera's Fianna Fail-party wins election in Ireland 1956 Emergency crisis in North Ireland proclaimed after IRA strikes 1955 Patrick McCabe, born in Clones, Ireland, novelist, wrote 'Butcher Boy', 'Breakfast on Pluto', both adapted into films by Neil Jordan 1955 Joe Doherty, Ireland, IRA activist, jailed in U.S. 1954 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 John Costello becomes premier of Ireland 1953 Mary, queen of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, dies at 85 1952 Eamonn Coghlan, Ireland, 1500m runner, 1976 Olympics 1952 Liam Neeson, born in Northern Ireland, actor, Schindler's List, Les Miserables 1951 Bob Geldof, born in Dublin, Ireland, rocker, member of The Boomtown Rats, singer, songwriter, actor, played Pink in "The Wall" 1951 Bertie Ahern, Dublin Ireland, Prime Minister of Ireland, 1997 - 2008 1951 Phil Lynott, Dublin Ireland, rock bassist, Thin Lizzy 1950 Gabriel Byrne, Dublin, Ireland, actor, Hello Again, Cool World 1950 Neil Jordan, born in Sligo, Ireland, novelist, Dream of a Beast, Past 1949 British government recognizes Republic of Ireland 1949 Walter Sweeney, born in Ireland, born Walter Edward Sweeney, politician, lawyer, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for the Vale of Glamorgan 1949 Republic of Ireland withdraws from British Commonwealth 1949 Rory Gallagher, born in Donegal, Ireland, rock guitarist, See Here 1948 Ireland votes for independence from UK 1948 Sinead Cusack, Ireland, actress, Waterland, Revenge 1948 John Costello follows Eamon Da Valera as premier of Ireland 1947 Sam Neill, Northern Ireland, actor, Jurassic Park, Dead Calm, Piano 1947 Eric Bell, born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, rock guitarist, Thin Lizzy 1947 John Bruton, Prime Minister, Republic of Ireland 1947 Anthony Corlan, Cork City Ireland, actor, Something for Everyone 1947 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 Jackie McCauley, North Ireland, rock pianist, Them Coleraine 1946 Gilbert O'Sullivan, Ireland, singer, Alone Again Naturally 1946 Alasdair Fraser, QC/director, Public Prosecutions for N Ireland 1945 Patricia Ireland, feminist/president, National Organization of Women 1945 Brenda Fricker, Dublin Ireland, actress, My Left Foot 1944 Mary Robinson, President of Republic of Ireland, Labour, 1990- 1944 Pat McCauley, N Ireland, rock drummer, Them 1944 U-264 sinks off Ireland 1944 U-424 sunk off Ireland 1944 U-666/U-545/U-283 sink off Ireland 1944 U-734/U-238 sunk off Ireland 1944 U-762 sunk off Ireland 1944 U-592 sunk off Ireland 1944 U-271 and U-571 sunk off Ireland 1943 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 Billy Harrison, Belfast Ireland, rock guitarist, Them 1942 Danny Hutton, Ireland, rock vocalist, Three Dog Night 1942 1st U.S. force in Europe during WW II go ashore in Northern Ireland 1941 Fionnula Flanagan, Dublin Ireland, actress, Rich Man Poor Man 1939 James Galway, born in Belfast. Ireland, flutist, 18k gold flute, Royal Phil 1939 German U-boat torpedoes tanker Sliedrecht near Ireland 1939 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 Douglas (Wrong Way) Corrigan leaves New York for LA, wound up in Ireland 1938 10th Walker Cup: Britain - Ireland, 7 - 4 1938 Johnny Caldwell, Ireland, flyweight boxer 1956 Olympics bronze 1937 Ireland adopts constitution (Irish Free State becomes Eire) 1936 Jill Ireland, born in London, actress, Breakout, Assassination, Chino 1936 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 Jack Charlton, soccer manager, Rep of Ireland 1935 Ronnie Delaney, born in Ireland, 1500m runner, Gold Medal 1956 Olympics 1933 Terence Cooper, born in Northern Ireland, actor, Casino Royale 1933 Shani Wallis, Ireland, singer and actress, Oliver 1933 Seoirse Bodley, born in Ireland, contemporary composer 1932 Edna O'Brien, born in Ireland, writer, Fanatic of Heart, Casualties of Peace 1932 Peter O'Toole, born in Ireland, actor, Lord Jim, Beckett, Lawrence of Arabia 1932 Eamon De Valera becomes president of Ireland 1931 British Statute of Westminster gives complete legislative independence to Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Ireland, Newfndlnd 1931 Sean O. Riada, born in County Limerick, Ireland, bandleader, composer, influential in 1960's traditional Irish music renaissance 1931 Kenneth Bloomfield, BBC governor, Ireland 1931 William Warner Westenra, born in Ireland, born William Warner Westenra, Lord Rossmore, 7th Baron Rossmore, Peerage of Ireland 1930 Colin Blakely, Bangor N Ireland, actor, Shattered, Equus, King Lear 1930 Andy Ireland, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Representative-R-Florida 1981 - 1993 1930 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 Heather Harper, born in Belfast, Ireland, soprano, known for role of Elsa in Lohengrin, by Wagner, Ellen Orford in Peter Grimes, by Britten 1930 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 David Staple, joint President, Council of Churches for British and Ireland 1929 T[homas] P[atrick] McKenna, Ireland, actor, Rivals, Holocaust 1929 2nd Ryder Cup: Britain - Ireland, 7 - 5 at Moortown, England 1927 William V Shannon, journalist/ambassador to Ireland, 1977-81 1927 Norman Ireland, CEO, Bowater 1927 John McDermott, Lord Justice of Appeal, Northern Ireland 1926 Hugh Leonard, born in Dublin, Ireland, writer, winner, Jacob's Award, for 'Wuthering Heights', wrote Sunday Independent column 'The Curmudgeon' 1926 Milo O'Shea, born in Dublin, Ireland, actor, Barbarella, Romeo and Juliet 1926 Lord Fitt, MP, Belfast Ireland 1926 Ian Paisley, North Ireland, clergyman and MP 1926 Ray McAnally, born in Ireland, actor, My Left Foot, Empire State, Sicilian 1926 Garret FitzGerald, Prime Minister of Ireland 1925 Fred Catherwood, born in Londonderry, Northern Ireland, politician, writer, Conservative member of the European Parliament, president of Evangelical Alliance 1924 Sean McClory, born in Dublin, Ireland, actor, Jack-Californians, My Chauffeur 1923 Patricia Phoenix, County Galway Ireland, actress, L Shaped Room 1923 Siobhan McKenna, Ireland, stage actress, Saint Joan 1923 Edward Mulhare, Cork, Ireland, actor, Daniel Gregg-Ghost and Mrs. Muir 1923 Brendan Behan, born in Dublin, Ireland, author and poet, Hostage 1922 Last British troops leave Ireland Freestate 1922 Patrick J G McGee, born in North Ireland, actor, Clockwork Orange 1921 Anglo-Irish Treaty signed; Ireland receives dominion status; partition creates Northern Ireland 1921 Brian Moore, Ireland, novelist, Catholics, Doctor's Wife 1921 1st parliament for Northern Ireland elected 1920 Ireland divided into 2 parts, each with its own parliament 1920 Basil Kelly, Lord Justice of Appeals, Northern Ireland 1919 Government of Ireland Act of Power (Home Rule for Ireland) 1919 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 Iris Murdoch, born in Dublin, Ireland, novelist, Severed Head, Unicorn 1919 1st nonstop Atlantic flight, Alcock and Brown, lands in Ireland 1919 Richard Todd, born in Ireland, actor, Dorian Gray, Assassin Yangtse Incident 1919 Dan O'Herlihy, Ireland, actor, Fail Safe, Last Starfighter, Robocop 1919 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 Sinn Fein proclaims parliament of Free Ireland 1919 Anti-British uprising in Ireland 1918 Jack MacGowran, Dublin Ireland, actor, King Lear, Exorcist 1918 U.S. ship Otranto sinks between Scotland and Ireland, 425 die 1918 John Ireland, Irish/U.S. archbishop of St. Paul, dies at 80 1918 Peter O'Sullevan, born in Ireland, horse racing commentator 1918 1st WW I U.S. Army troop ship torpedoed and sunk by Germany, off Ireland 1917 Valerie Hobson, North Ireland, actress, Great Expectations 1915 German U-20 sinks Centurion SE of Ireland 1914 Ship rams Canadian ship Empress of Ireland on St. Lawrence R; 1024 die 1914 John Ireland, Vancouver BC, actor, Rawhide, Gunfight at OK Corral 1913 Niall MacGinnis, born in Dublin, Ireland, actor, Curse of the Demon 1913 British House of Commons accepts Home-Rule for Ireland 1912 Edward Jones, North Ireland lord justice of appeals 1912 Titanic leaves Queenstown, Ireland for New York 1912 Wilfrid Brambell, born in Dublin, Ireland, actor, Hard Day's Night 1911 Maureen O'Sullivan, Boyle Ireland, actress, Tarzan, Pride and Prejudice 1909 Francis Bacon, born in Ireland, painter, Study for a Pope 1908 Greer Garson, born in North Ireland, actress, Pride and Prejudice, Chips 1907 Robert Tisdall, Ireland, 400m hurdler 1932 Olympics gold 1905 Brian Coffey, born in Dublin, Ireland, poet, publisher, influenced by Catholicism, science and philosophy, surrealism, published in the University Review, established Advent Press 1905 Lord Carew, born in Ireland, judge, dressage 1904 George Brent, born in Dublin, Ireland, actor, 42nd St, Jezebel 1903 Max Adrian, Enniskillen Northern Ireland, actor, Devils, Music Lover 1903 Veronica Turleigh, County Donegal Ireland, actress, Promoter 1901 Peter O'Connor of Ireland, sets then long jump record at 24' 11 3/4" 1901 Brian Donlevy, Ireland, actor, Barbary Coast, Glass Key, Wake Island 1900 Eileen Percy, Belfast Ireland, silent film actress, Let's Go 1896 Arthur Shields, Dublin Ireland, actor, River, Enchanted Island 1896 Jane Wilde, born in Dublin, Ireland, writer, poet, activist, nationalist movement supporter, advocate of women's rights 1896 Rex Ingram, Ireland, actor and director, Elmer Gantry, God's Little Acre 1894 Edward VIII, King of Great Britian/Northern Ireland/empero of India, 1936 1893 Sara Allgood, Dublin Ireland, actress, Jane Eyre, Spiral Staircase 1892 Patricia Collinge, Dublin Ireland, actress, Tender Comrade 1891 Charles Stewart Parnells, remains buried in Ireland 1889 Barry Macollum, born in Northern Ireland 1889 Tom Dugan, Dublin Ireland, actor, Circus Clown, Drag, Skyway 1888 Cathleen Nesbitt, Belfast Ireland, actress, Agatha-Farmer's Daughter 1888 Barry Fitzgerald, born in Dublin, Ireland, actor, Academy Award-Going My Way 1888 Matt Moore, County Meath Ireland, actor, Coquette, Deluge 1886 Owen Moore, County Meath Ireland, actor, She Done Him Wrong 1884 Forrester Harvey, born in Ireland, actor, Tarzan, Chump at Oxford 1882 Eamon DeValera, New York, President of Ireland, 1937-48, 51-54, 57-59 1882 Creighton Hale, Cork Ireland, actor, Gorilla Man, Way Down East 1880 Una O'Connor, Belfast Ireland, actress, David Copperfield 1880 Sean O'Casey, born in Ireland, playwright, Playboy of the Western World 1879 Sara Allgood, Dublin Ireland, actress, Blackmail, Storm in a Teacup 1879 John N Ireland, English composer/pianist, Mai-Dun 1875 Lumsden Hare, Ireland, actor, Oregon Trail, Desert Fox, Young Bess 1874 Ernest H Shackleton, Kilkee Ireland, explorer, Endurance, Antarctica 1871 John Millington Synge, Ireland, dramatist/poet, Riders to the Sea 1867 John Robert Gregg, Ireland, inventor, shorthand 1867 Mary, queen of Great Britain and North Ireland 1867 Lionel Pigot Johnson, born in England, poet and critic, Ireland and Other Poems 1865 William Butler Yeats, born in Ireland, poet, Wild Swans at Coole-Nobel 1923 1859 Victor August Herbert, Dublin Ireland, composer, Babes in Toyland 1854 Tom Felix Horan, cricketer, Ireland Pioneering Australia all-rounder 1852 Augusta Gregory, born in Ireland, playwright and poet, Yates mistress 1852 Isabella Gregory, born in Ireland, writer and playwright, Golden Apple 1852 George A. Moore, Ireland, painter/novelist, Esther Waters 1850 Ireland's SS Royal Adelaide sinks in storm; 200 die 1847 Alice Sophia Stopford Green, Ireland, proponent of Irish independence 1847 Pope Pius IX encyclical "On aid for Ireland" 1844 Alexandra, Danish princess, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland 1841 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 John Philip Holland, Liscannor Ireland, pioneer in submarine building 1838 John Ireland, Irish/US archbishop of St. Paul 1835 William Henry Ireland, forger (Shakespearean manuscripts), dies 1832 Charles Boycott, Ireland, estate manager 1830 Justin M'Carthy, Ireland, Irish politician/novelist, Miss Misanthrope 1821 William Allingham, Irish poet, Laurence Bloomfield in Ireland 1817 1st flower show held, Dannybrook, County Cork, Ireland 1813 Thomas Andrews, Belfast Ireland, chemist/physicist, ozone 1801 Ireland and Great Britain, England and Scotland, form United Kingdom 1801 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland established 1798 Battle at Castelbar, Ireland: French army hunts The English 1784 1st balloon flight in Ireland 1782 John Field, Dublin Ireland, pianist/composer, Nocturnes 1778 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 James III Edward, Old Pretender, king of Great Britain and Ireland, dies at 77 1761 Dorothea Jordan, Ireland, French comedic actress 1730 Oliver Goldsmith, Ireland, novelist/dramatist, She Stoops to Conquer 1721 Francis Ireland, composer 1713 Laurence Sterne, Ireland, novelist/satirist, Tristram Shandy 1701 Great Britain and Ireland union is in effect, creating United Kingdom 1695 Jonathan Swift ordained an Anglican priest in Ireland 1694 Francis Hutcheson, born in Drumaleg, Ireland, philosopher, Scottish Presbyterian, founding father of Scottish Enlightenment, proponent of Utilitarianism 1691 English and Dutch army occupies Limerick Ireland 1690 Army of England's Protestant King William III defeats Roman Catholic King James II in Battle of Boyne in Ireland 1690 King Willem III's army lands at Carrickfergus Ireland 1690 English king Willem III departs to Ireland 1690 French king Louis XIV sends troops to Ireland 1689 Orangeman's Day-Battle of Boyne, Protestant victory in Ireland 1689 Former English King James II lands in Ireland 1685 George Berkeley, born in Ireland, philosopher and bishop of Cloyne 1685 Charles II, King of England/Scotland/Ireland (1660-85), dies at 54 1654 England, Ireland and Scotland united 1651 English troops occupy Limerick Ireland 1649 Oliver Cromwell seizes Drogheda Ireland, most inhabitants massacred 1641 Thomas Wentworth, English viceroy of Ireland, beheaded at 48 1625 Charles I, King Of England, Scotland and Ireland, ascends English throne 1602 Battle at Kinsale, Ireland: English army beats Spanish 1602 Spanish force in Ireland surrender to the English at Kinsdale 1599 Robert Devereux becomes Lieutenant-General of Ireland 1596 Spanish fleet sails from Lisbon to Ireland 1593 Thomas Wentworth, London, earl of Strafford/Viceroy of Ireland 1580 Spanish troops lands in Ireland 1579 Anti-English uprising in Ireland 1546 England signs Peace of Andres with Scotland/Ireland 1541 Irish parliament selects Henry VIII as king of Ireland 1014 King Brian Boru of Ireland beats Danes at Battle of Clontarf 1014 Brian Boru, king of Ireland, dies in battle at 87 461 St. Patrick, patron St. of Ireland, dies in Saul (according to legend) 432 St. Patrick, a bishop, is carried off to Ireland as a slave |
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