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Aug 26, 1940

German aircraft bomb a creamery at Campile, Co. Wexford; three women are killed

Aug 26, 1921

Re-election of Éamon de Valera President of Dáil Éireann. He is proposed and seconded by Commandant Sean MacEoin and General Richard Mulcahy — both of whom later line up against him in the Civil War

Aug 26, 1913

Also known as The Great Dublin Lockout, the Dublin Transport Strike, led by Jim Larkin and James Connolly, begins

Aug 26, 1904

Lord Dunraven forms the Irish Reform Association to campaign for some devolution; the following December, unionists form a United Unionist Council to resist Dunravens plan

Aug 26, 1875

John Buchan, Novelist and statesman, born in Perth.

John Buchan, the Scottish author and politician, was born on August 26, 1875, in Perth, Scotland, and he passed away on February 11, 1940.