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Arthur Griffith, founder of Sinn Fein, dies of a cerebral hemorrhage
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Popular character actor Fulton McKay was born.
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Terence MacSwiney, Lord Mayor of Cork, arrested by British; he immediately goes on hunger strike
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Death of John Holland, from Liscannor, Co. Clare, designer of the first submarine
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First issue of James Connolly's Workers Republic
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Irish Local Government Act sets up elective county and district councils
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Sir Hubert Gough, soldier and participant in Curragh mutiny of 1914, is born in Gurteen, Co. Waterford
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Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh, commits suicide by cutting his throat with a penknife
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George IV begins his visit to Ireland; he is received enthusiastically by O'Connell and others
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Birth of James Whiteside, orator and Lord Chief Justice, in Delgany, Co. Wicklow
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Kilmainham Gaol in Dublin receives its first prisoners
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Relief of Derry, Ireland, a major Williamite victory
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Act of Settlement 1652, also known as the To Hell or Connacht Act
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Archbishop Giovanni Rinuccini, condemns their adherence to Ormonds peace terms
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Battle of Dupplin near Perth in which Edward Balliol defeated the Regent, Earl of Mar.
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