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Rikki Fulton, Actor and comedian, born in Glasgow
Rikki Fulton, Actor and comedian, born in Glasgow Robert Kerr “Rikki” Fulton, OBE (15 April 1924 – 27 January 2004) was a Scottish comedian and actor best remembered for writing and performing in the long-running BBC Scotland sketch show, Scotch and Wry. …

Charles Villiers Stanford, composer-writer, dies
Charles Villiers Stanford, composer-writer, dies Sir Charles Villiers Stanford (30 September 1852 – 29 March 1924) was an Anglo-Irish composer, music teacher, and conductor of the late Romantic era. Born to a well-off and highly musical family in Dublin, Stanford was educated at the University of Cambridge before studying music in Leipzig and Berlin. …

Tomás Mac Giolla, republican and socialist, and later, Workers Party leader, is born near Nenagh, Co. Tipperary
Tomás Mac Giolla, republican and socialist, and later, Workers Party leader, is born near Nenagh, Co. Tipperary Tomás Mac Giolla born Thomas Gill; 25 January 1924 – 4 February 2010) was an Irish Workers’ Party politician who served as Lord Mayor of Dublin from 1993 to 1994, Leader of the Workers’ Party from 1962 to 1988 and President of Sinn Féin from 1962 to 1970. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin West constituency from 1982 to 1992. …

Joe Lacey, Irish Hunger Striker died during the 1923 Irish hunger strikes
Joe Lacey, Irish Hunger Striker died during the 1923 Irish hunger strikes On 24 December 1923 Joe Lacey (the brother of IRA Officer Dinny Lacey) died at the Curragh Camp (the hunger strike had been called off in November 1923 but Lacey died as a result of his weakened condition) …

John Maclean, political activist, Marxist, appointed Bolshevik consul for Scotland by Lenin, died
John Maclean, political activist, Marxist, appointed Bolshevik consul for Scotland by Lenin, died John Maclean, (24 August 1879 – 30 November 1923) the Scottish political activist and Marxist, was a Scottish schoolteacher and revolutionary socialist of the Red Clydeside era. …

Birth of Tom Clifford, rugby player, in Ballyporeen, Co. Tipperary
Birth of Tom Clifford, rugby player, in Ballyporeen, Co. Tipperary Tom Clifford (15 November 1923 – 1 October 1990) was an Irish rugby union player who played in the prop position. Clifford played club rugby with Young Munster, represented the Munster provincial team, was capped 14 times for Ireland, and was a member of the Lions team that toured in 1950. …

Leonard Boyle, priest and palaeographer, is born in Ballintra, County Donegal
Leonard Boyle, priest and palaeographer, is born in Ballintra, County Donegal Leonard Eugene Boyle, OP, OC (13 November 1923 - 25 October 1999), was an Irish and Canadian scholar in medieval studies and palaeography. …

Birth of F.S.L. Lyons, historian and biographer
Birth of F.S.L. Lyons, historian and biographer Francis Stewart Leland Lyons FBA (11 November 1923 – 21 September 1983) was an Irish historian and academic who was Provost of Trinity College Dublin from 1974 to 1981 …

Tomás Ó Fiaich, cardinal, historian and Catholic Primate of All Ireland, is born in Cullyhanna, Co. Armagh
Tomás Ó Fiaich, cardinal, historian and Catholic Primate of All Ireland, is born in Cullyhanna, Co. Armagh Tomás Séamus Cardinal Ó Fiaich, KGCHS (3 November 1923 – 8 May 1990) was an Irish prelate of the Catholic Church. …

Republican prisoners in Mountjoy prison begin mass hunger strike
Republican prisoners in Mountjoy prison begin mass hunger strike …