Irish History on the Day that's in it
Monday, 5 December 2016
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5 December 1975: Internment in the North was finally abandoned on this day. Internment without trial was imposed by the British on 9 Au...
Sunday, 4 December 2016
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4 December 1971: McGurk’s Bar in Belfast was blown up on this day. Fifteen innocent people were killed in the explosion and many more wer...
Saturday, 3 December 2016
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3 December 1925: The Boundary Commission, set up under the Treaty to finalise the Border, was scrapped and a financial settlement was ...
Friday, 2 December 2016
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2 December 1791: The death of Henry Flood MP on this day. Flood was one of the great advocates of the legislative independence of Irelan...
Thursday, 1 December 2016
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1 December 1956: Ronnie Delaney won Gold for Ireland at the Summer Olympics in Melbourne Australia. His triumph in the Antipodes was he...
Wednesday, 30 November 2016
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30 November 3340 BC: The world's oldest known recording of a solar eclipse was made on stone. The illustrations are found on the ...
Tuesday, 29 November 2016
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29 November 1641: Battle of Julianstown/ Baile Iúiliáin in County Meath was fought on this day. Julianstown is situated on the River Na...
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