August

Welsh Office approves limited use of bilingual road signs in Wales

August 28, 1969

Birth of David La Touche, banking magnate and MP

August 29, 1729

Battle of Tranent in which a demonstration against conscription under the Militia Act was broken up by the Cinque Ports Dragoons and East Lothian Yeomanry with the death of, 12 participants.

August 29, 1797

Cornwallis reaches Tuam

August 29, 1798

Samuel Neilson, co-founder of the United Irishmen, dies

August 29, 1803

Death of Edmund Ignatius Rice, founder of the Irish Christian Brothers Order

August 29, 1844

Birth of Jack B. Yeats, painter and author, in London

August 29, 1871

The Science and Art Museum and The National Library of Ireland open

August 29, 1890

Island of St Kilda evacuated.

August 29, 1930

Eamon DeValera, Irish statesman, died

August 29, 1975

Eamon de Valera (born Edward George de Valera, sometimes Gaelicised Eamonn de Bhaileara; October 14, 1882 ?

Lord Sussex, is sworn in as Lord Deputy

August 30, 1559

First siege of Limerick ends

August 30, 1690