April 21, 1912
Banna Strand is associated with Roger Casement who was captured on April 21, 1916, while attempting to land arms for Irish Republicans from the German vessel the Aud.
April 21, 1907
In April 1907, Cumann na nGaedheal and the Dungannon Clubs merged as the ‘Sinn Féin League’.
April 21, 1879
Maurice Walsh (21 April 1879 – 18 February 1964) was an Irish novelist, now best known for his short story “The Quiet Man”, later made into the Oscar-winning film The Quiet Man, directed …
April 21, 1874
Major Walter Gordon Wilson CMG (21 April 1874 – 1 July 1957) was an Irish mechanical engineer, inventor and member of the British Royal Naval Air Service.
April 21, 1871
John Fitzpatrick (1871–1946) was an Irish-born American trade union leader. He is best remembered as the longtime head of the powerful Chicago Federation of Labor, from 1906 until his death in 1946.
April 21, 1838
John Muir (April 21, 1838 – December 24, 1914), also known as “John of the Mountains” and “Father of the National Parks”, was a Scottish-born American: 42 naturalist, author, …
April 21, 1816
Charlotte Brontë (21 April 1816 – 31 March 1855) was an English novelist and poet, the eldest of the three Brontë sisters who survived into adulthood and whose novels became classics of English …
April 21, 1738
Sir Arthur Acheson, 5th Baronet (26 January 1688 – 8 February 1748) was an Irish politician and baronet.
April 21, 1703
In the early 18th century, urban fire was a constant and devastating threat due to the construction materials used (primarily wood) and the close proximity of buildings.
April 22, 1905
Captain William Henry O’Shea (1840 – 22 April 1905) was an Irish soldier and Member of Parliament.
April 22, 1875
Michael Joseph O’Rahilly (Irish: Mícheál Seosamh Ó Rathaille or Ua Rathghaille; 22 April 1875 – 29 April 1916), known as The O’Rahilly, was an Irish republican and nationalist.
April 22, 1869
Patrick Bell (12 May 1799 – 22 April 1869) was a Church of Scotland minister and inventor.
