August

Richard de Clare (Strongbow) marries MacMurroughs daughter Aoife, as part of an agreement made two years earlier

August 25, 1170

Edward Worcester, Earl of Glamorgan; aristocrat and inventor, is sent to Ireland to raise troops for the king, and makes two secret treaties with the confederates on this date and on 20 December

August 25, 1645

James Hope, a member of the United Irishman, is born in Templepatrick, Co. Antrim

August 25, 1764

Henry Flood, MP for Callan, kills James Agar, MP for Tulsk, in a duel. The Flood and Agar families had disputed the representation of Callan for many years

August 25, 1769

Philosopher David Hume died.

August 25, 1776

Last Pagan sacrifice conducted publicly in the Celtic world, at Loch Maree, Scotland

August 25, 1778

Loch Maree is a body of water in the Ross and Cromarty region of the Scottish Highlands.

Humbert takes Ballina after token resistance by Government forces

August 25, 1798

The British capture Robert Emmet

August 25, 1803

James Watt, developer of steam power, died.

August 25, 1819

Birth in Glasgow of Alan Pinkerton, founder of the Chicago-based detective agency which bears his name.

August 25, 1819

Eugene OGrowney, priest and Irish-language revivalist, is born in Ballyfallon, Co. Meath

August 25, 1863

Robert Lloyd Praeger, botanist and writer, is born in Holywood, Co. Down

August 25, 1865