History

Actor Barry Macollum is born
Actor Barry Macollum is born Barry Macollum, born on April 6, 1889, in what is now Northern Ireland, established a distinguished career as an actor in the United States, notably in both film and television. His career spanned several decades, during which he became known for his versatile roles in a variety of films and TV shows. …

Robert Gibbings, illustrator and writer, is born in Cork
Robert Gibbings, illustrator and writer, is born in Cork Robert John Gibbings (23 March 1889 – 19 January 1958) was an Irish artist and author who was most noted for his work as a wood engraver and sculptor, and for his books on travel and natural history. …

Harry Clarke, artist, known chiefly for stained-glass work, is born in Dublin
Harry Clarke, artist, known chiefly for stained-glass work, is born in Dublin Henry Patrick Clarke RHA (17 March 1889 – 6 January 1931) was an Irish stained-glass artist and book illustrator. Born in Dublin, he was a leading figure in the Irish Arts and Crafts Movement. …

Richard Piggott is exposed as forger of Times Phoenix Park letters
Richard Piggott is exposed as forger of Times Phoenix Park letters Richard Pigott (1835 – 1 March 1889) was an Irish journalist, best known for his forging of evidence that Charles Stewart Parnell of the Irish National Land League had been sympathetic to the perpetrators of the Phoenix Park Murders. Parnell successfully sued for libel and Pigott shot himself. …

Joyce Cary, author, is born in Derry
Joyce Cary, author, is born in Derry Arthur Joyce Lunel Cary (7 December 1888 – 29 March 1957), known as Joyce Cary, was an Anglo-Irish novelist and colonial official. …

Pneumatic bicycle tires were patented by inventor John Boyd Dunlop from Ayrshire.
Pneumatic bicycle tires were patented by inventor John Boyd Dunlop from Ayrshire. …

Birth of John Logie Baird, developer of television.
Birth of John Logie Baird, developer of television. John Logie Baird, the Scottish engineer and inventor who is widely recognized as the developer of the first working television system, was born on August 13, 1888, in Helensburgh, Scotland. Baird’s pioneering work in the field of television laid the groundwork for the technology that would eventually revolutionize communication and entertainment worldwide. …

Philip Henry Sheridan, the son of Irish immigrants from Cavan, dies in Nonquit, Massachusetts.
Philip Henry Sheridan, the son of Irish immigrants from Cavan, dies in Nonquit, Massachusetts. Philip Henry Sheridan, a prominent Union general during the American Civil War, died on August 5, 1888, in Nonquitt, Massachusetts. Sheridan was one of the most celebrated military leaders of the Civil War and played a crucial role in several key battles and campaigns that contributed to the Union’s victory. …

Basil Stanley Brooke, 1st Viscount Brookeborough; unionist politician and Northern Ireland prime minister from 1943-63, is born in Colebrook, Co. Fermanagh
Basil Stanley Brooke, 1st Viscount Brookeborough; unionist politician and Northern Ireland prime minister from 1943-63, is born in Colebrook, Co. Fermanagh …

Grace Gifford Plunkett, Irish patriot, is born in Rathmines, Dublin
Grace Gifford Plunkett, Irish patriot, is born in Rathmines, Dublin Grace Evelyn Gifford Plunkett (4 March 1888 – 13 December 1955) was an Irish artist and cartoonist who was active in the Republican movement, who married her fiancé Joseph Plunkett in Kilmainham Gaol only a few hours before he was executed for his part in the 1916 Easter Rising. …