Events for October 05October 5, 1785Balloon flight by Italian aeronaut Vincenzo Lunardi from Heriots School, Edinburgh to Ceres in Fife.Read MoreOctober 5, 1873Leslie Montgomery, comic writer under the pseudonym Lynn C. Doyle, is born in in Downpatrick, Co. DownRead MoreOctober 5, 1924John Joe Barry, athlete who is known as the Ballincurry Hare, is bornRead MoreOctober 5, 1911Birth of Brian O’Nolan, aka Flann O’Brien and Myles na gCopaleen in Strabane, Co. TyroneRead More
