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#31
08-03-2010, 12:19 AM
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Bantam Weight Ireland Freddie Gilroy Bronze Medallist Melbourne 1956 Last edited by The Hud; 08-03-2010 at 12:23 AM. 
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#32
08-03-2010, 11:55 PM
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March 9
1771 - Birth in Dublin of Thomas Reynolds, United Irishman whose information enables authorities to arrest Leinster Committee in 1798 1825 - The Catholic Association is dissolved in accordance with the Unlawful Societies Act 1914 - Prime Minister Asquith offers a compromise on Home Rule - electors in the North could vote to be excluded from an independent Ireland for six years 1932 - Éamon de Valera is elected President of the Executive Council of Ireland 1973 - The people of Northern Ireland vote overwhelmingly to remain within the United Kingdom. In a referendum on the future of the province, 591,280 people or 57% of the electorate vote to retain links with the UK. A boycott by the Roman Catholic population means only 6,463 vote in favour of a united Ireland 1982 - Charles Haughey becomes Taoiseach for the second time 1995 - Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh make a historic visit to Northern Ireland. For the first time, the Queen meets with the Roman Catholic Primate of all Ireland, Cardinal Cahal Daly, as well as his Anglican counterpart, Archbishop Robin Eames 1995 - U.S. President Bill Clinton approves a visa for Irish nationalist leader Gerry Adams to enter the United States 1998 - Justice Brian Walsh, judge on the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, dies suddenly of a stroke. On his appointment in December of 1961, Justice Walsh becomes one of the youngest Irish Supreme Court judges. He serves for 29 years - the longest by a member of the country's highest court 1999 - The European Parliament calls for the legalisation of abortion in Ireland. The opinion, passes in Strasbourg by 321 votes to 122; it carries no legislative weight but provokes a storm of political controversy 1999 - A record price for land in the South East is set in Waterford when leading city developer Noel Frisby pays £725,000 an acre for land being sold off for Telecom Eireann.
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#33
09-03-2010, 11:20 PM
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March 10
1478 - John De La Pole, the Duke of Suffolk, is appointed lieutenant of Ireland for 20 years on this date, but does not take office 1653 - Sir Phelim O'Neill is executed by Parliament forces in Dublin, after refusing to state that Charles I authorized the 1641 rebellion 1810 - Birth in Belfast of Sir Samuel Ferguson, Celtic scholar and a poet best known for his rendering of Irish legends in English verse 1883 - Pádraig Ó Siochfhradha, writer under the pseudonym 'An Seabhac' and promoter of the Irish language is born in Dingle, Co. Kerry 1888 - Birth in Dublin of William Joseph Shields, aka Barry Fitzgerald, actor 1894 - Ireland collects its first ever Triple Crown, defeating Wales in Belfast 1932 - IRA prisoners in the Free State are released 1945 - Birth of Donal Lunny, the founder of Planxty, the Bothy Band, and Moving Hearts 1966 - Death of Frank O'Connor, poet and novelist 1971 - Fighting erupts between Official and Provisional IRA in Belfast 1998 - After five wildly inaccurate missiles are fired with little warning at a police station in Armagh city, police accuse republicans of attempting mass murder. 100 people — many pensioners — are forced to flee their homes. Fortunately, no-one is killed or injured 2000 - Harland and Wolff’s last hope of saving the Belfast shipyard appear doomed after it is confirmed that Cunard’s £433 million contract to build the Queen Mary 2 has gone to French rivals 2002 - Former Circuit of Ireland rally champion Frank Meagher is killed in a driving accident in Co. Tipperary, between Cloneen and Mullinahone 2003 - The National Aquatic Centre opens in Abbotstown, Dublin. The water-park with its eight different fun rides and attractions is one of the most hi-tech in Europe and the pool complex is one of the most advanced Olympic standard facilities in the world 2003 - Tobacco manufacturers Gallaher announces a range of increases which sees the cost of several popular brands rise to nearly €6 for a packet of 20 cigarettes.
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#34
11-03-2010, 03:09 PM
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March 11
1605 - A proclamation declares all persons in the realm to be free, natural and immediate subjects of the king and not subjects of any lord or chief 1812 - Composer William Vincent Wallace, best known for his opera, Maritana, is born in Co. Waterford 1858 - Irish revolutionary Thomas James Clarke is born of Irish parents on the Isle of Wight 1880 - On the last day of his tour of the United States, Parnell launches the Irish National Land League of the USA 1926 - Eamon de Valera resigns as head of Sinn Féin 1929 - Erskine B. Childers, diplomat, is born in Dublin 1951 -Ian Paisley co-founds the Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster 1953 - Birth in Ballinasloe, Co. Galway of Mary Harney, politician, leader of the Progressive Democrats and Tánaiste 1954 - Margaret (Gretta) Cousins, Irish women's rights activist, is born 1964 - Shane Richie, actor and game-show host, is born Shane Roche to Irish parents in London 1974 - Brothers Kenneth and Keith Littlejohn break out of Mountjoy Prison. Jailed in 1973 for a £67,000 heist at a Dublin bank - the biggest to date in Irish history - during their trial they claim they are M16 spies working for the British Government against the IRA 1995 - Gerry Adams arrives in New York 2000 - Emigrant Francis O’Neill, an American police chief who carried a Chicago gangster’s bullet to the grave is honoured at the weekend in his native West Cork where Garda Commissioner Pat Byrne unveils a life-sized memorial sculpture 2001 - Over 1,300 people pack the Cathedral of the Assumption to pay their last respects to the former Archbishop of Tuam, Most Reverend Joseph Cunnane, at his funeral Mass 2001 - Mr. Tony Luff, founder of the Galway Swan Rescue, coordinates a rescue operation involving dozens of volunteers in Galway city to save the lives of over 60 of the famous Claddagh swans after yet another oil slick surrounds the birds - just a fortnight after four are killed in a previous spill 2002 - Limerick-born Michael Collins, author of The Keepers of Truth, is named as one of seven writers competing for the prestigious International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 2002, worth €100,000 2002 - Customs officers smash the biggest illegal oil laundering operation ever discovered in the State.The plant, near Dundalk, Co Louth, had the capacity to launder up to 300,000 litres of oil a week.
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#35
12-03-2010, 12:21 AM
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March 12
1295 - Richard de Burgh is released by the council in parliament at Kilkenny 1685 - George Berkeley, philosopher, physicist, mathematician, Dean of Derry and Bishop of Cloyne, is born in Dysart Castle, Co. Kilkenny. The university town of Berkeley in California is named in his honour 1689 - James II lands at Kinsale and proceeds to Dublin 1832 - Birth of Capt. Charles Boycott, despised English estate manager in Ireland, from whose name the word 'boycott' is taken 1873 - Gladstone's Irish University Bill is defeated 1875 - After being barred as an undischarged felon from taking his seat as elected MP for Tipperary, John Mitchel is re-elected on this date. He dies eight days later 1798 - Having been betrayed by Thomas Reynolds, the Leinster Directory of United Irishmen leaders is arrested 1860 - Michael O'Hickey, professor of Irish and Irish-language campaigner, is born in Carrickbeg, Co. Waterford 1930 - Pat Taaffe, jockey and trainer, is born in Rathcoole, Co. Dublin 1944 - Britain bans all travel to and from Ireland in an effort to prevent news of Allied preparations for the invasion of France reaching the Germans 1974 - Billy Fox, MP for Co. Monaghan, is assassinated 2000 - National Tree Week ends with a mass planting of 5,000 trees at Corkagh Park in Clondalkin 2001 - Department of Agriculture vets are investigating another suspected case of foot and mouth in the North. Tests are carried out on a sheep taken from a farm in Augher to an abattoir in Dungannon, Co. Tyrone, for slaughter.
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#36
13-03-2010, 11:29 AM
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March 13
1784 - Reform Bill in Irish House of Commons 1791 - Thomas Paine's The Rights of Man (part 1) - a reply to Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in France and a major influence on Irish radicals - is published 1865 - Birth of Patrick Nally in Balla, Co Mayo. An athlete, he was a major inspiration in the founding the GAA in 1884 by Michael Cusack. The Nally stand in Croke Park is named after him 1922 - George Bernard Shaw's "Back to Methusaleh V" premieres in New York 1939 - At-Swim-Two-Birds, a highly experimental novel by Flann O'Brien, is published in London 1960 - Birth of Adam Clayton, bass player with U2 1973 - Birth of Ballybeg Prim, one of the greatest racing dogs of all time in Thurles, Co. Tipperary 1998 - Naval personnel question the crew of a British-registered flagship after a second day of intimidation of Irish trawlers off the South West coast 1999 - Over 250,000 people pack the streets around the River Liffey in Dublin to witness the largest fireworks display ever seen in Ireland The event marks the start of a five-day festival to mark St Patrick's Day as well as the official launch of the Millennium celebrations 2000 -A multi million pound seizure of drugs in Holland results in the arrest of John Cunningham, one of Ireland’s most prolific career criminals 2001 - The Irish food industry is dealt a hammer blow as the United States and Canada ban Irish food imports, worth over £100 million a year, because of the foot and mouth scare 2003 - Taoiseach Bertie gives his strongest indication yet that the US will be able to use Shannon Airport regardless of UN backing for war in Iraq.
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#37
20-03-2010, 11:55 PM
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Today in Irish History
hey my people, im taking AP US History using the american pageant 13th edition textbook and our final is tomorrow and i need sum help on the Mason-Dixon Line and why did General Lee want to lead the Confederacy and not the Union??????????
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#38
21-03-2010, 12:31 AM
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#39
21-03-2010, 12:38 AM
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March 21
1181 - John Cumin (or Comyn) is elected archbishop of Dublin and consecrated by the pope at Velletri on this date. He is the first Englishman to be appointed to an Irish see 1656 - Death of Bishop James Ussher. The Dublin-born cleric deduced from biblical studies the exact date of the Creation (October 23rd,4004 BCE), and the date of the end of the world: November 4, 1996. The Bishop had a cult following until then 1689 - Derry/Londonderry declares allegiance to William III 1763 - William James McNeven, physician, United Irishman and writer, is born in Aughrim, Co. Galway 1881 - The Peace Preservation Act, controlling possession and importation of arms, is enacted 1886 - Oscar Traynor, revolutionary, Fianna Fáil politician and Minister; football administrator, is born in Dublin 1970 - Dana (Rosemary Brown) wins the Eurovision Song Contest for Ireland with 'All Kinds of Everything' 1998 - Sonia O'Sullivan wins a gold medal in the World Cross-Country championships 2001 - Tests for foot-and-mouth disease are carried out on samples from sheep on a farm in Louth 2001 - Taoiseach Bertie Ahern strongly urges the release of the remaining Government funding to help complete the famine ship Jeanie Johnston 2001 - Hundreds of students gather outside Leinster House to protest the teacher's strike 2003 - The Government insists it is not a participant in the 50-member coalition of countries which the US says is providing support for the war on Iraq. The United States has published a list of 35 countries which make up its "coalition of the willing", but says another 15 members are providing back-up support and do not wish to be named. 2009 - Ireland beats Wales 17-15 in a dramatic win which gives Ireland their first Six Nations Rugby Grand since the country’s one and only triumph in 1948.
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#40
01-04-2010, 08:42 PM
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April 1
1329 - From April onwards there are risings by the native Irish in various parts of Munster and Leinster, and reprisals against them. This will continue into 1330 1716 - The first Doggett Coat and Badge sculling race takes place on the Thames; one of the oldest sporting fixtures in the British sporting calendar, it is founded by Thomas Doggett, an Irish actor and theatre manager 1730 - Samuel Boyse, MP for Bannow, dies as a result of a duel at the age of 33 1776 - Irish-born Edward Hand is appointed a Brigadier General in the Continental Army 1839 - St. Clair Mulholland, Union Civil War General and Medal of Honor winner, is born in Lisburn, Co. Antrim 1848 - Augustus Saint-Gaudens, sculptor, is born in Dublin 1911 - The Titanic is launched in Belfast 1919 - DeValera is elected president of the first Dáil Éireann 1935 - Death of Francis Arthur Fahy from Kinvara, Co Galway, who wrote the ballad Galway Bay 1966 - Death of writer Brian O'Nolan, also known as Flann O'Brien and Myles na gCopaleen 1986 - US sub Nathaniel Green runs aground in the Irish Sea 1998 - The European Commission serves notice on the Government that Ireland faces prosecution in the European Court on charges of damaging the environment and failing to provide secure habitats for some of our most endangered bird species 1999 - One thousand people, the entire population of Belmullet in Co. Mayo, are evacuated from the town following a fire in a rubber factory 2000 - John Dennehy, Secretary General of the Department of Education and Science, makes academic history by being elected Chairman of the Education Committee of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) for a three year period. He is the first Irish person to be appointed to this position 2001 - One of Irish television’s most familiar faces, Brendan O’Reilly, passes away. The 71 year old former television and radio broadcaster and commentator had been ill for a number of months 2001 - The Department of Agriculture orders the slaughter of all the remaining 15,000 or so sheep in the Cooley Peninsula, Co. Louth 2002 - Loyalist thugs posing as Glasgow Celtic supporters are hunted by police after a series of attacks in flashpoint north Belfast. 2003 - Veteran actress Pat Leahy, 66, collapses on the set of Fair City
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