Today in Irish History January 20 1621 - Patents are granted for plantations in parts of Leitrim, Kings County, Queens County and Westmeath 1841 - James Armour, Presbyterian minister and political activist is born in Ballymoney, Co. Antrim 1902 - Kevin Barry, medical student and nationalist revolutionary, is born in Dublin 1902 - In the House of Commons, John Redmond criticizes the use of concentration camps by the British in South Africa 1908 - The Municipal Gallery of Modern Art opens in temporary premises in Harcourt Street, Dublin. It is the first known public gallery of modern art in the world and is later to become the Hugh Lane Gallery named after its founder 1916 - Secret negotiations result in alliance of the Irish Citizen Army with the Irish Republican Brotherhood 1961 - John F. Kennedy is inaugurated as president of the United States of America, becoming the first Irish Catholic to be elected to that office 1968 - Birth of Charlie Swan, jockey 1973 - Whiskey In The Jar by Thin Lizzy enters the British charts 1998 - Hope remain high that the IRA ceasefire will hold despite escalating violence in the North and Sinn Féins implacable opposition to the Anglo-Irish blueprint 1999 - The Loyalist Volunteer Force announces plans for a second round of arms decommissioning which could include the handover of explosives 1999 - One of the worlds biggest software piracy investigations identifies over 6,000 Internet sites in Ireland copying and promoting illegal software 2000 - According to a major international survey, Ireland is one of the least corrupt countries in the industrial world 2002 - Rioting erupts on the streets of north Belfast as angry mobs throw petrol bombs and blast bombs at police. 2010 - Irelands oldest woman has died at the age of 107. Bride ONeill from Kilbarry in Co Cork trained as a nurse in England but returned home during the second world war to work in Dublin. She kept active even after her 100th birthday, and never married, smoke or drank. https://youtube/watch?v=_j4OC7-g_84
Posted on: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 18:29:35 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015