Trevor G. McVeagh, cricket, hockey, squash and tennis player, is born in Athboy, Co. Meath
September 16, 1906
Birth in Dublin of John Pius Boland, nationalist politician and Irelands first Olympic gold medalist
September 16, 1870
Fenian newspaper, Irish People, ceases publication
September 16, 1865
David Livingstone discovered Lake Nyasa.
September 16, 1859
Death of Thomas Davis, revolutionary, poet, and political theorist
September 16, 1845
Birth in Leighlinbridge, Co. Carlow of Patrick Moran, Archbishop of Sydney, first Australian cardinal, and church historian
September 16, 1830
Small French force under James Napper Tandy makes brief landing on Rutland Island, Co. Donegal
September 16, 1798
Belfast United Irish leaders arrested
September 16, 1798