History

Birth in Dublin of Cyril Bentham Falls, military historian and journalist
Birth in Dublin of Cyril Bentham Falls, military historian and journalist Cyril Bentham Falls CBE (2 March 1888 – 23 April 1971) was a 20th-century British military historian, journalist, and academic, noted for his works on the First World War. …

John Reid of Scotland demonstrates golf to Americans, Yonkers, NY
John Reid of Scotland demonstrates golf to Americans, Yonkers, NY …

Winifred Carney, trade unionist and revolutionary, is born in Bangor, Co. Down
Winifred Carney, trade unionist and revolutionary, is born in Bangor, Co. Down Maria Winifred Carney (4 December 1887 – 21 November 1943), also known as Winnie Carney, was an Irish suffragist, trade unionist, and Irish independence activist. …

Joseph Mary Plunkett, Irish patriot and poet, is born in Dublin
Joseph Mary Plunkett, Irish patriot and poet, is born in Dublin Joseph Mary Plunkett (Irish: Seosamh Máire Pluincéid; 21 November 1887 – 4 May 1916) was an Irish nationalist, republican, poet, journalist, revolutionary and a leader of the 1916 Easter Rising. Joseph Mary Plunkett married Grace Gifford in 1916, seven hours before his execution. …

Birth of John M. Hayes in Murroe, Co. Limerick; priest and founder of Muintir na Tíre
Birth of John M. Hayes in Murroe, Co. Limerick; priest and founder of Muintir na Tíre John Martin Hayes (11 November 1887 – 30 January 1957) was an Irish Catholic priest and the founder of Muintir na Tíre, a national rural community development organisation. …

Birth of Sir Arnold Bax, composer, writer and Hibernophile
Birth of Sir Arnold Bax, composer, writer and Hibernophile Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, KCVO (8 November 1883 – 3 October 1953) was an English composer, poet, and author. His prolific output includes songs, choral music, chamber pieces, and solo piano works, but he is best known for his orchestral music. In addition to a series of symphonic poems, he wrote seven symphonies and was for a time widely regarded as the leading British symphonist. …

Celtic Football Club formally constituted in Calton, Glasgow
Celtic Football Club formally constituted in Calton, Glasgow The Celtic Football Club was formally constituted in Calton, Glasgow, with the primary goal of alleviating poverty in the East End parishes of Glasgow. …

Birth at sea of Edward McLysaght, genealogist and writer
Birth at sea of Edward McLysaght, genealogist and writer Edgeworth Lysaght, later Edward Anthony Edgeworth Lysaght, and from 1920 Edward MacLysaght (Irish: Éamonn Mac Giolla Iasachta; 6 November 1887 – 4 March 1986), was a genealogist of twentieth-century Ireland. …

The Land Act gives courts the power to revise and fix rents
The Land Act gives courts the power to revise and fix rents …

Birth of poet Francis Ledwidge in Slane, Co. Meath
Birth of poet Francis Ledwidge in Slane, Co. Meath …