Tuesday, September 04, 1607 |
Earls of Tyrone and Tyrconnell and others secretly sail from Lough Swilly - "flight of the earls." |
Tuesday, September 04, 1798 |
Cornwallis moves forward from Tuam to attack Castlebar. Humbert leaves Castlebar with 800 French troops and 1000 Irish rebels and moves into Co Sligo. His plan is to march to Ulster. Humbert marches all might. Rising takes place in Longford and Westmeath |
Wednesday, September 04, 1844 |
Conspiracy judgment against Daniel O'Connell is reversed by House of Lords |
Thursday, September 04, 1851 |
John Dillon, Nationalist politician, is born in Blackrock, Co. Dublin |
Monday, September 04, 1922 |
Dónal Foley, journalist, humorist and author of 'Man Bites Dog' column in the Irish Times, is born in Ring, Co. Waterford |
Wednesday, September 04, 1968 |
A Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association (NICRA) delegation met with the Derry March organisers and tried to have the march cancelled. Eventually it was decided to go ahead with the march. |
Saturday, September 04, 1976 |
Women protest against men-only bathing at the Forty Foot in Sandycove. |
Friday, September 04, 1981 |
The family of Matt Devlin, then on day 52 of his hunger strike, intervened and asked for medical treatment to save his life. |
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