#OTD in Irish History | 2 October:

1600 – O’Neill engages Mountjoy’s forces in the Battle of Moyry Pass. 1815 – Birth of politician, James Agnew, in Ballyclare, Co Antrim. He was Premier of Tasmania from 1886 to 1887. 1833 – Birth of Father William Corby who became Chaplain of the Irish Brigade in Detroit, Michigan. 1852 – Birth of writer and nationalist, […]

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#OTD in Irish History | 1 October (Deireadh Fómhair):

1600 – Robert Grave, Church of Ireland Bishop of Ferns and Leighlin, and his family drown in Dublin Bay on their way home to Wexford. 1796 – The Royal College of St Patrick, a Catholic seminary, is opened in Maynooth, Co Kildare. 1751 – Cornelius Bolton, politician, Volunteer and improving landlord is born. 1761 – […]

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#OTD in Irish History | 2 October:

1600 – O’Neill engages Mountjoy’s forces in the Battle of Moyry Pass. 1815 – Birth of politician, James Agnew, in Ballyclare, Co Antrim. He was Premier of Tasmania from 1886 to 1887. 1833 – Birth of Father William Corby who became Chaplain of the Irish Brigade in Detroit, Michigan. 1852 – Birth of writer and nationalist, […]

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#OTD in Irish History | 1 October (Deireadh Fómhair):

1600 – Robert Grave, Church of Ireland Bishop of Ferns and Leighlin, and his family drown in Dublin Bay on their way home to Wexford. 1796 – The Royal College of St Patrick, a Catholic seminary, is opened in Maynooth, Co Kildare. 1751 – Cornelius Bolton, politician, Volunteer and improving landlord is born. 1761 – […]

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#OTD in Irish History | 2 October:

1600 – O’Neill engages Mountjoy’s forces in the Battle of Moyry Pass. 1815 – Birth of politician, James Agnew, in Ballyclare, Co Antrim. He was Premier of Tasmania from 1886 to 1887. 1833 – Birth of Father William Corby who became Chaplain of the Irish Brigade in Detroit, Michigan. 1852 – Birth of writer and nationalist, […]

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#OTD in Irish History | 1 October (Deireadh Fómhair):

1600 – Robert Grave, Church of Ireland Bishop of Ferns and Leighlin, and his family drown in Dublin Bay on their way home to Wexford. 1796 – The Royal College of St Patrick, a Catholic seminary, is opened in Maynooth, Co Kildare. 1751 – Cornelius Bolton, politician, Volunteer and improving landlord is born. 1761 – […]

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#OTD in Irish History | 2 October:

1600 – O’Neill engages Mountjoy’s forces in the Battle of Moyry Pass. 1815 – Birth of politician, James Agnew, in Ballyclare, Co Antrim. He was Premier of Tasmania from 1886 to 1887. 1833 – Birth of Father William Corby who became Chaplain of the Irish Brigade in Detroit, Michigan. 1852 – Birth of writer and nationalist, […]

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#OTD in Irish History | 1 October (Deireadh Fómhair):

1600 – Robert Grave, Church of Ireland Bishop of Ferns and Leighlin, and his family drown in Dublin Bay on their way home to Wexford. 1796 – The Royal College of St Patrick, a Catholic seminary, is opened in Maynooth, Co Kildare. 1751 – Cornelius Bolton, politician, Volunteer and improving landlord is born. 1761 – […]

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#OTD in Irish History – 2 October:

1600 – O’Neill engages Mountjoy’s forces in the Battle of Moyry Pass. 1815 – Birth of politician, James Agnew, in Ballyclare, Co Antrim. He was Premier of Tasmania from 1886 to 1887. 1833 – Birth of Father William Corby who became Chaplain of the Irish Brigade in Detroit, Michigan. 1852 – Birth of writer and nationalist, […]

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#OTD in Irish History – 1 October (Deireadh Fómhair):

1600 – Robert Grave, Church of Ireland Bishop of Ferns and Leighlin, and his family drown in Dublin Bay on their way home to Wexford. 1796 – The Royal College of St Patrick, a Catholic seminary, is opened in Maynooth, Co Kildare. 1751 – Cornelius Bolton, politician, Volunteer and improving landlord is born. 1761 – […]

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