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Liz McColgan won the World Athletics Championship, 10,000 metres in Tokyo by a margin of, 20 seconds.
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The Chamber of Commerce calls for Ireland to adopt Greenwich Mean Time — 25 minutes behind Irish Standard Time
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Scottish born Hubert Cecil Booth patented his design for a vacuum cleaner which sucked in the dust and retained it by means of a filter.
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National synod of Catholic bishops begins at Maynooth; they renew condemnation of Queens Colleges and condemn Trinity College
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Michael Banim, storywriter, dies; along with his brother John
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Birth of golf course designer Dr Alister Mackenzie; he was responsible for Augusta National and Cypress Point, among others.
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Birth of Feargus Edward O’Connor, Chartist leader
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The Cork Examiner, now The Irish Examiner, hits the streets for the first time
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James Wilson - Scottish patriot, died
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All registered Catholic priests in Ireland are required to renounce the claims of the Stuarts to the thrones of England and Ireland
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Penal Laws passed in 1695 restricting Catholics rights are strengthened for the second time
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First siege of Limerick ends
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Lord Sussex, is sworn in as Lord Deputy
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