Irish History on the Day that's in it

  1 July 1916: The Battle of the Somme began on this day. After an immense bombardment lasting a week the British Army launched its Summer O...

  31 July 1975 The Miami ShowBand Massacre on this day: On the morning of Thursday 31 July 1975 people all across Ireland turned on their ra...

  30 July 1928: Doctor Pat O’Callaghan won Gold for Ireland at the Olympic Games in Amsterdam in the Netherlands on this day. He was the 1st...

  26 July 1914: Erskine Childers landed 900 Rifles and 29,000 rounds of ammunition at Howth from the yacht Asgard on this day. He was helpe...

  24 July 1750: John Philpot Curran was born on this day. He was one of the great Legal orators of his Age and a defender in the Courts of m...

  22 July 1858: Mother Mary Frances Aikenhead died on this day. She set up the Religious Sisters of Charity in Ireland. She was a frail chil...

  22 July N.S./12 July O.S. 1691. The Battle of Aughrim (Irish: Cath Eachroma ) was fought on this day. The battle was fought near the littl...