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Prince George, killed when his flying boat crashed into Eagles Rock in Caithness
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Ramsay MacDonald formed a National Government.
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Actor Sean Connery born.
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Birth in Belfast of Brian Moore who is best known for his novel The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
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Birth of Sean O Ceallaigh, Irelands second president
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Robert Lloyd Praeger, botanist and writer, is born in Holywood, Co. Down
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Eugene OGrowney, priest and Irish-language revivalist, is born in Ballyfallon, Co. Meath
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James Watt, developer of steam power, died.
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Birth in Glasgow of Alan Pinkerton, founder of the Chicago-based detective agency which bears his name.
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The British capture Robert Emmet
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Humbert takes Ballina after token resistance by Government forces
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Last Pagan sacrifice conducted publicly in the Celtic world, at Loch Maree, Scotland
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Philosopher David Hume died.
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Henry Flood, MP for Callan, kills James Agar, MP for Tulsk, in a duel
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James Hope, a member of the United Irishman, is born in Templepatrick, Co. Antrim
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Edward Worcester, Earl of Glamorgan, is sent to Ireland to raise troops for the king
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Richard de Clare (Strongbow) marries MacMurroughs daughter Aoife, as part of an agreement made two years earlier
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