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2008 Irish voters reject the Treaty of Lisbon
2002 John B. Keane, Irish Playwright 2000 Joey Dunlop, Irish Celebrity 2000 Frank Patterson, Irish tenor, dies at 61 1999 Lord Killanin, Irish Journalist 1998 Twenty nine murdered by Irish terrorists in Omagh, Northern Ireland 1996 Henry Diamond, Irish Nationalist MP, dies at 87 1996 Crufts show at NEC Birmingham, (1995 winner, Joshua, an Irish setter) 1995 Rory Gallagher, Irish rock guitarist (See Here), dies at 47 1994 Irish government of Reynolds resigns 1994 Irish government announces end of a 20-year broadcasting ban on IRA 1993 British premier Major/Irish premier Reynolds signs Downing Street Declaration concerning Northern Ireland self determination 1992 Francis Bacon, Irish/British abstract painter, dies at 82 1992 Irish Republican Army bombs London financial district, killing 3 1992 William JF "Bill" Naughton, Irish/British playwright (Alfie), dies at 81 1991 Sean O'Faolain, J Whelan, Irish writer (Nest of Simple), dies at 91 1991 Irish Lesbians and Gays march in St. Patrick Day parade 1991 Members of Irish Gay and Lesbian Organization march in New York City parade 1990 John Stewart Bell, Irish Physicist 1990 Tomas O'Fiach, Tomas Seamus Fee, Irish cardinal-archbishop, dies 1989 Samuel Beckett, Irish/French writer (Molloy, Nobel 1969), dies at 83 1988 Peter Langan, Irish restaurateur (Langans London), dies in fire 1988 Sean MacBride, Ireland, commander of Irish Republican Army, dies at 83 1987 11 die as a bomb planted by Irish Republican Army explodes 1987 John Huston, US/Irish actor and director (Maltese Falcon), dies at 81 1986 In referendum, Irish uphold ban on divorce 1986 Seamus McElwaine, Irish IRA-terrorist, killed at 25 1986 U.S. submarine Nathaniel Green runs aground in Irish Sea 1984 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Smirnoff Ladies Irish Golf Open 1984 Denis Johnston, Irish Dramatist 1983 Rebecca West, Irish Author 1983 Samantha Mumba, Irish Musician 1982 11 soldiers and 6 civilians die by bomb planted by Irish National Liberation Army exploded in a pub in Ballykelly, Northern Ireland 1982 Patrick J G McGee, Irish actor (Barry Lyndon), dies at 60 1982 Patrick Magee, Irish actor (Clockwork Orange, King Lear), dies at 58 1982 Bombs planted by Irish Republican Army explode in 2 London parks 1982 Neil Fitzgerald, Irish actor (Bride of Frankenstein), dies at 90 1981 Irish Nationalist at Maze Prison near Belfast end 7-month hunger strike 1981 Bobby Sands, Irish IRA-terrorist, dies after hunger strike 1980 Robbie Keane, Irish Athlete 1977 Fianna Fail-party wins Irish elections 1977 Ronan Keating, born in Bayside Dublin, Ireland, Irish singer for Boyzone 1976 Dominic Monaghan, Irish Actor 1976 Shane Lynch, born in Dublin, Ireland, Irish singer, Boyzone 1976 Colin Farrell, Irish Actor 1976 Stephen Gately, born in Dublin, Ireland, Irish singer, Boyzone 1975 Eamon de Valera, Irish president (1937..59), dies at 92 1974 Irish Republican Socialist Party forms 1974 Irish Republican Army is outlawed in Britain following deaths of 21 1974 Keith Duffy, born in Dublin, Ireland, Irish singer, Boyzone 1974 Kate O'Brien, Irish writer (Pray for the Wanderer), dies at 76 1974 Andrea Corr, Irish Musician 1973 Caroline Corr, Irish Musician 1972 Stuart Townsend, Irish Actor 1972 Stephen O'Connor, Irish amateur snooker champ 1990 1972 Mikey Graham, born in Dublin, Ireland, Irish singer, Boyzone 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 1972 Padraic Colum, Irish poet/writer/founder (Irish Review), dies at 90 1971 Dylan Moran, Irish Comedian 1971 Sean O. Riada, born in County Limerick, Ireland, bandleader, composer, influential in 1960's traditional Irish music renaissance, dies at 40 1971 Kenny Cunningham, Irish Athlete 1968 Unicorn by The Irish Rovers hits #7 1967 Patrick Kavanagh, Irish screenwriterr (Great Hunger), dies 1966 Jack Lynch becomes Irish premier 1965 Fiachna O'Braonain, Irish pop guitarist, Hothouse Flowers-Don't Go 1965 Eddie Irvine, Irish Celebrity 1964 Liam O'Maonlai, Irish vocalist/pianist, Hothouse Flowers-I'm Sorry 1964 Sean O'Casey, Irish playwright (Playboy of Western World), dies at 84 1964 Brendan Behan, Irish writer/poet, dies at 41 1963 Andrew Browne, Irish/British Admiral (Cape Matapan, WW II), dies at 80 1963 Kevin Shields, Irish Musician 1963 Graham Norton, Irish Celebrity 1961 Walter Swimburn, Irish jockey, Derby 1981 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 1959 Gavin Friday, Fionan Hanvey, Irish singer, Virgin Prunes 1959 John Sykes, Irish hard rock guitarist, Thin Lizzy-Blue Murder 1959 Eric Blore, actor (Abie's Irish Rose, Love Happy), dies at 70 1958 Michael Flatley, born in Chicago, Illinois, Irish choreographer, Lord of Dance 1958 Fiona Shaw, Irish Actress 1957 Irish premier Eamon de Valera arrests Sinn-Fein leaders 1957 Joyce Cary, Irish Novelist 1957 Amanda Burton, Irish Actress 1956 Peter O'Toole, Irish pop bassist, Hothouse Flowers-People 1955 Leo Barnes, Irish saxophonist, Hothouse Flowers-I'm Sorry, Don't Go 1955 Michael Chekhov, actor (Rhapsody, Abie's Irish Rose), dies at 64 1952 Gary Moore, Irish rock guitarist, Skid Row-Oh Pretty Woman 1952 Joey Dunlop, Irish Celebrity 1951 Benito Lynch, Irish/Argentine writer (Palo Verde), dies at 66 1951 Bertie Ahern, Irish Politician 1951 Mary McAleese, born in Irish Statesman 1951 Scott Gorham, Irish hard rock guitarist, Thin Lizzy-21 Guns 1950 James Stephens, Irish poet (Crock of Gold), dies at 68 1950 George Bernard Shaw, Irish author (Pygmalion), dies at 94 1950 Chris De Burgh, Davidson, Argent/Irish rock vocalist, Lady in Red 1950 Sara Allgood, Irish actress (Jane Eyre, Spiral Staircase), dies at 56 1950 Dick Spring, Irish Politician 1950 Martin McGuinness, Irish Politician 1949 Robert Lynd [YY], Irish writer/critic (News Chronicle), dies at 70 1949 Alex "Hurricane" Higgins, Irish snooker player, 2X world-champ 1948 State of Eire, formerly Irish Free State, declares its independence 1948 Gerry Adams, Irish Politician 1947 Jim Walsh, Irish Politician 1947 Forrest Reid, Irish author/critic (Young Tom, Apostate), dies at 71 1946 George Best, Irish Athlete 1946 Peter Sutherland, CEO, Allied Irish Banks 1945 John McCormack, Irish singer (Irish national anthem/folk songs), dies 1945 Alan Dukes, Irish president, Fine Gael 1945 Mairead Corrigan-Maguire, North Irish peace activist, Nobel 1976 1944 David Trimble, Irish Politician 1940 Johnny Giles, Irish Soldier 1940 John Dawes, born in Chapel of Ease, Wales, rugby union player, rugby coach, captain for The Barbarians, British and Irish Lions, Wales 1940 Maeve Binchy, Irish Novelist 1939 William Butler Yeats, Irish poet (Nobel), dies in France at 73 1938 Terry "5 Wigs" Wogan, British talk show host, Irish Days 1938 Terry Wogan, Irish Entertainer 1938 John Sheil, Northern Irish High Court judge 1937 2nd Irish constitution goes into effect; Irish Free State renamed Erie 1937 Ireland adopts constitution (Irish Free State becomes Eire) 1937 Irish premier Eamon de Valera wins elections 1937 John Hume, Irish Politician 1936 William FA Ellison, Irish clergyman/astronomer, dies at 72 1935 Keith J Roberts, England, writer, Irish Encounter, Ladies from Hell 1935 Ruby Murray, Irish pop singer, Softly Softly 1933 John Joly, Irish Scientist 1932 Albert Reynolds, Irish Politician 1932 Lady Gregory, Irish Dramatist 1931 Malachy McCourt, Irish Actor 1931 Frank Harris, Irish Author 1931 Sean O. Riada, born in County Limerick, Ireland, bandleader, composer, influential in 1960's traditional Irish music renaissance 1931 Stephen Birmingham, Hartford, author, Real Lace: America's Irish Rich 1931 Timothy Healy, Irish Politician 1931 John Atkinson, Irish Judge 1930 1st Irish Sweepstake run 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 Jennifer P Johnston, Irish author, Fool's sanctuary 1929 Irish McCalla, Pawnee City, Nebraska, actress, Sheena Queen of Jungle 1929 66 horses run in Irish Grand National Sweepstakes 1929 Val Doonican, Irish singer/entertainer 1928 John B. Keane, Irish Playwright 1928 John S. Bell, Irish Physicist 1928 Patrick McGoohan, born in New York, American actor of Irish descent, appeared in films, theater, television 1927 Notre Dame's Fighting Irish changes blue jerseys for green 1927 John Dillon, Irish nationalist and British Lower house leader, dies at 75 1927 Kevin O'Higgins, Irish Free State Vice President, assassinated 1926 Frank Carson, Irish Comedian 1926 Mussolini's Irish wife breaks his nose 1925 Charles Haughey, Irish president, 1979-81, 82, 87-92 1924 Victor Herbert, Irish/US composer, Kiss in Dark 1924 Victor Herbert, Irish/US cellist/ composer and conductor, dies at 65 1924 Charles Villiers Stanford, Irish composer/writer, dies at 71 1924 Charles Villiers Stanford, Irish composer/author, dies at 71 1923 Irish Free state joins League of Nations 1923 Eamon de Valera arrested in Irish Free State 1923 Herbert Trench, Irish Poet 1922 1st constitution of Irish Free State comes into operation 1922 King George V proclaims Irish Free state 1922 Irish Parliament adopts a constitution for an Irish Free State 1922 William T. Cosgrave replaces Irish premier Collins 1922 Michael Collins, Irish nationalist leader, killed in ambush 1922 Arthur Griffith, Irish nationalist/president (Sinn Fein), dies 1922 "Abie's Irish Rose" 1st of over 2,500 performances 1922 Irish author Liam O'Flaherty and others occupy Rotunda in Dublin 1922 Irish Free State forms; Michael Collins becomes 1st premier 1922 Ernest Shackleton, Irish Explorer 1920 British parliament accept Irish "Home Rule"-law 1918 John Ireland, Irish/U.S. archbishop of St. Paul, dies at 80 1918 Joe English, Irish/Flemish signaler (WW I), dies at 36 1918 Margo, singer, Golden Irish Favorites 1917 Conor Cruise O'Brien, born in Dublin, politician, writer, academic, author, civil servant, Irish government minister 1917 Dennis Day, Irish tenor/comedian, Jack Benny Show, Danny Boy 1916 Roger Casement, Irish nationalist (Easter uprising 1916), executed 51 1916 Irish nationalists set post office on fire in Dublin 1916 Easter rebellion of Irish against British occupation begins 1914 Irish home rule bill receive Royal assent 1914 Lord Killanin, Irish Journalist 1914 British House of Commons passes Irish Home Rule 1913 Robert S Ball, Irish mathematician/astronomer (Ball Screw), dies 1913 Edward Dowden, Irish Critic 1913 House of Lords rejects Irish Home Rule Bill 1912 Bram Stoker, Irish theater manager/writer (Dracula), dies 1912 Christopher Casson, Irish actor, Zardoz, Educating Rita 1911 Flann O'Brien, Irish Writer 1911 George J Stoney, Irish physicist, dies at 85 1909 Roddy Doyle, irish Novelist 1909 John Millington Synge, Irish dramatist/playwright/poet, dies at 37 1909 John Synge, Irish Poet 1908 Henry Diamond, Irish Nationalist MP 1907 August Saint-Gaudens, Irish/US sculptor (Mrs Henry Adams), dies at 59 1907 William Howard Russell, Irish Journalist 1906 Phil Regan, singer, My Wild Irish Rose 1904 Patrick Kavanagh, Irish Poet 1904 J. M. Synge's "Riders to the Sea" opens at Irish National Theater Society 1904 Frederick Boland, Irish diplomat/president, U.N. General Assembly 1901 Denis Johnston, Irish Dramatist 1901 Cecil H King, Irish/British daily newspaper publisher, Daily Mirror 1900 Oscar Wilde, Irish author, dies in Paris at 46 1900 Piet de Law captures Lt-colonel Spragges Irish Yeomanry 1900 John Power, Irish baronet/whiskey manufacturer, dies in battle 1898 Thomas Bracken, Irish Poet 1897 Kate O'Brien, Irish writer, Without My Cloak 1897 Irish Music Festival 1st held (Dublin) 1895 Robert Graves, Irish Novelist 1891 Charles S Parnell, English/Irish Home Rule Party leader, dies at 45 1891 Charles Stewart Parnell, Irish Politician 1891 Michael Chekhov, Russia, actor, Abie's Irish Rose, Rhapsody 1890 Dion Boucicault, Irish/US actor and playwright (Octoroon), dies at 67 1890 John Boyle O'Reilly, Irish Poet 1889 William Allingham, Irish poet (Day and Night Songs), dies at 68 1887 Alan Gordon Cunningham, Irish/British general/director of Palestine, 1945-48 1885 Thomas Andrews, Irish physicist/chemist (ozone), dies at 71 1885 Benito Lynch, Irish/Argentine writer, Caranchos de la Florida 1884 John McCormack, Irish/US singer, Irish folksongs 1883 Andrew Browne, Irish/British Admiral, WW II 1882 Joe English, Irish/Flemish signaler, WW I 1882 James Stephens, Irish poet, Crock of Gold 1881 Padraic Colum, Irish poet and novelist /poet, Collected Poems 1880 William T. Cosgrave, president Irish Free state 1879 Isaac Butt, Irish Politician 1879 Robert Lynd, Irish writer/critic, Pleasures of Ignorance 1878 Paul Cullen, Irish Clergyman 1878 Lord Dunsany, Edward JMD Plunkett, Irish sci-fi writer, Time and Gods 1875 John Mitchel, Irish Journalist 1874 Ernest Shackleton, Irish Explorer 1872 Arthur Griffith, Irish journalist, founder of Sinn Fein 1871 John Synge, Irish Poet 1870 Irish Fenians raid Eccles Hill, Quebec 1870 Jem Mace and defends his heavyweight crown against Irish champ Joe Coburn, it lasts 1 hour and 17 minutes, and neither is struck by a punch 1868 Michael Barrett, Irish nationalist, last British public execution 1868 Constance Gore-booth Markiewicy, Irish patriot/playwright/MP 1866 Irish Fenians raid Pigeon Hill, Quebec 1866 Renegade Irish Fenians surrender to U.S. forces 1866 Renegade Irish Fenians invade Ft. Erie, Ontario from U.S. 1866 Alexander Campbell, Irish/US founder Disciples of Christ, dies at 77 1865 Maude Gonne, Irish nationalist, Irish Joan of Arc 1865 Herbert Trench, Irish Poet 1865 William Rowan Hamilton, Irish Mathematician 1865 Thomas Alfred Smyth, Irish/US Union general-major, dies at 32 1864 George Boole, Irish Mathematician 1864 Roger David Casement, Irish nationalist, Easter uprising 1916 1864 William F. A. Ellison, Irish clergyman/director, Armagh Observatory 1863 Francis P Kenrick, Irish/US archbishop of Baltimore, dies at 65 1863 Battle of Irish Bend, Louisiana (Ft. Bisland) 1857 John Joly, Irish Scientist 1855 Timothy Healy, Irish Politician 1854 Edward Carson, 1st Baron Carson, lawyer/leader, Irish Unionist Party 1852 Charles Villiers Stanford, Irish organist/composer 1852 Lady Gregory, Irish Dramatist 1851 John Dillon, Irish nationalist and British Lower house member 1849 Countess of Blessington, Irish Novelist 1849 Maria Edgeworth, Irish Novelist 1847 Bram Stoker, Irish theater manager/author, Dracula 1847 Alice Sophia Stopford Green, Ireland, proponent of Irish independence 1847 Daniel O'Connell, Irish Politician 1846 Charles S Parnell, English/Irish Home Rule Party-Lower house member 1846 Charles Stewart Parnell, Irish Politician 1844 John Atkinson, Irish Judge 1844 John Boyle O'Reilly, Irish Poet 1843 Thomas Bracken, Irish Poet 1843 British arrest Irish nationalist Daniel O'Connell for conspiracy 1843 Edward Dowden, Irish Critic 1840 Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, England, writer, Irish Land League 1840 Robert S. Ball, Irish mathematician and astronomer 1839 2 day storm off Irish and English coast immortalized as "Big Wind" 1838 John Ireland, Irish/US archbishop of St. Paul 1837 John Field, Irish pianist/composer (Nocturnes), dies at 54 1830 Justin M'Carthy, Ireland, Irish politician/novelist, Miss Misanthrope 1826 George J Stoney, Irish physicist 1822 Dion Boucicault, Irish/Us actor and playwright, Rip van Winkle 1821 William Howard Russell, Irish Journalist 1821 William Allingham, Irish poet, Laurence Bloomfield in Ireland 1817 John Philpot Curran, Irish Public Servant 1816 Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Irish Playwright 1816 Richard Sheridan, Irish Playwright 1815 John Mitchel, Irish Journalist 1814 Aubrey de Vere, Irish writer, Victorian Observer 1813 Isaac Butt, Irish Politician 1812 Edmund Malone, Irish Editor 1812 Andrew Cherry, Irish Dramatist 1810 1st Irish magazine in U.S., Shamrock, is published 1806 James Smith, Irish / U.S. attorney and signer Declaration of Independence, dies at 87 1806 Daniel Maclise, Irish painter 1805 William Rowan Hamilton, Irish Mathematician 1805 Arthur Murphy, Irish Writer 1803 Robert Emmet, Irish nationalist, executed 1803 Matthew Thornton, Irish / U.S. physician and signer Declaration of Independence, dies at 88 1803 Paul Cullen, Irish Clergyman 1798 Theobald W. Tone, Irish nationalist, dies 1798 Benjamin Lee, Baronet Guinness, Irish brewer/Dublin mayor 1798 British kill about 500 Irish insurgents at the Battle of Tara 1798 Thomas Crofton Croker, Irish story teller, Fairy legends 1797 Francis P. Kenrick, Irish / U.S. archbishop of Baltimore 1793 Francis Danby, Irish painter 1789 Countess of Blessington, Irish Novelist 1788 Alexander Campbell, Irish / U.S. founder, Disciples of Christ 1787 John Burke, Irish genealogist, Burke's Peerage 1779 Thomas Moore, Irish Poet 1776 Daniel O'Connell, Irish Politician 1774 Oliver Goldsmith, Irish poet (She Stoops to Conquer), dies at 17 1768 Laurence Sterne, Irish Novelist 1768 Laurence Stern, Irish Clergyman 1767 Maria Edgeworth, Irish Novelist 1763 Theobald Wolfe Tone, Irish nationalist 1763 Theobald Wolfe Tone, Irish patriot 1762 Andrew Cherry, Irish Dramatist 1755 George Barrington, Irish Celebrity 1751 Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Irish Playwright 1751 Richard Sheridan, Irish Playwright 1750 John Philpot Curran, Irish Public Servant 1741 Edmund Malone, Irish Editor 1727 Arthur Murphy, Irish Writer 1722 Charles Leslie, Irish controversialist, dies 1713 Laurence Stern, Irish Clergyman 1707 George Farquhar, Irish Dramatist 1656 James Ussher, Irish bible scholar/anglican archbishop, dies at 76 1634 Irish captain Walter Devereaux kills duke Wallenstein 1603 Battle at Mellifont: English army under Lord Mountjoy beats Irish 1599 Earl van Essex and Irish rebel Tyrone signs treaty 1541 Irish parliament selects Henry VIII as king of Ireland 1171 Dermot MacMurrough, last Irish King of Leinster, dies 615 Columbanus, Irish monastery founder/poet/saint (Poenitentiale), dies |
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