#OTD in Irish History – 7 April:

07/04/2020.Reading time 13 minutes.

AD 30 – A favourite exhibit in Dublin’s National Museum is the 12th Century Cross of Cong. The True Cross that was brought to Ireland and displayed in different places around the country. The cross is so-called because it was kept in the Augustinian Friary at Cong, Co Mayo, for centuries. It was made to enshrine […]

#OTD in Irish History – 25 November:

25/11/2019.Reading time 9 minutes.

1713 – The second Irish parliament of Queen Anne sits from this date to 24 December. The Whig Alan Brodrick is elected Speaker for the second time, in place of John Forster, after a stormy contest with the government’s Tory nominee, Sir Richard Levinge. 1764 – Birth of Dublin town head of police, Henry Sirr, […]

#OTD in Irish History – 9 November:

09/11/2019.Reading time 8 minutes.

1711 – The first Irish parliament of Queen Anne is dissolved. 1791 – Napper Tandy convenes the first meeting of Dublin’s United Irishmen. 1875 – Birth of Sir Hugh Percy Lane. He is best known for establishing Dublin’s Municipal Gallery of Modern Art (the first known public gallery of modern art in the world) and […]

#OTD in Irish History – 7 April:

07/04/2019.Reading time 12 minutes.

#OTD in Irish History – 25 November:

25/11/2018.Reading time 9 minutes.

#OTD in Irish History – 9 November:

09/11/2018.Reading time 7 minutes.

#OTD in Irish History – 7 April:

07/04/2018.Reading time 12 minutes.

#OTD in Irish History – 25 November:

25/11/2017.Reading time 9 minutes.

#OTD in Irish History – 9 November:

09/11/2017.Reading time 7 minutes.

#OTD in Irish History – 7 April:

07/04/2017.Reading time 8 minutes.

1720 – The Declatory Act defines the right of the British Parliament to legislate for Ireland and denies the appellate jurisdiction of the Irish House of Lords. 1776 – Wexford born Navy Captain John Barry, commander of the American warship Lexington, captures the British warship HMS Edward off the coast of Virginia. 1801 – The […]

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