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The last hanging in Scotland, 21-year-old Henry Burnett
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Birth of Benedict Kiely, novelist, short story-writer and critic, in Dromore, Co. Down
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Birth of Jack Lynch, Taoiseach, in Co. Cork
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Unveiling of OConnell monument in Dublin
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Five people drown in Derrybeg, Co. Donegal when a chapel is flooded during Mass
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John J. Flanagan, born
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Birth at Holytown of John Keir Hardie, coal miner and founder of the Labour Party.
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Daniel OConnell holds meetings for Repeal of the Union, attended by hundreds of thousands, at Trim and the Hill of Tara
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Foundation stone for the Monument to Sir Walter Scott is laid in Princes Street Gardens.
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Edmund Rice opens a school for poor boys in Waterford - precursor of the schools run by the Christian Brothers
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Novelist and poet Sir Walter Scott born.
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Molesworth Phillips, sailor and companion of Captain James Cook, is born in Swords, Co. Dublin
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Frederick Hamilton, writes to George I that although the county is well affected
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Oliver Cromwell arrives in Ireland as Commander-in-Chief and Lord Lieutenant
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MacBeth killed by Malcolm, son of Duncan I, at Lumphanan-Mar, Scotland.
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Duncan I of Scotland killed in battle by Macbeth at Pitgavney.
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