Irish History on the Day that's in it

  10 December 1710:  The battle of Villaviciosa in Spain on this day in which the Irish Brigades in the service of France and Spain played a...

  9 December 1973: The Sunningdale Agreement was signed at Sunningdale in Berkshire, England on this day. Agreement was reached between the ...

  8 December 1922: The Executions of Liam Mellows, Rory O'Connor, Richard Barrett and Joseph McKelvey by the Free State Army in Mountjoy...

  7 December 1688 - The Apprentice Boys of Derry closed the gates against King James' troops on this day. With the advent of King James ...

  6 December 1922: The Foundation of the Irish Free State OTD. It came into existence as a result of the Anglo- Irish Treaty aka ‘the Treaty...

  5 December 1640: The execution by hanging for the crime of Sodomy of John Atherton  Bishop of Waterford and Lismore in the City of Dublin ...

  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 were...