August

Penal Laws passed in 1695 restricting Catholics rights are strengthened for the second time

August 30, 1708

All registered Catholic priests in Ireland are required to renounce the claims of the Stuarts to the thrones of England and Ireland — only 33 out of 1,089 comply

August 30, 1709

James Wilson - Scottish patriot, died

August 30, 1820

James Wilson was born on September 03, 1760 in the parish of Avondale in Scotland.

The Cork Examiner, now The Irish Examiner, hits the streets for the first time

August 30, 1841

Birth of Feargus Edward O’Connor, Chartist leader

August 30, 1855

Birth of golf course designer Dr Alister Mackenzie; he was responsible for Augusta National and Cypress Point, among others.

August 30, 1870

Michael Banim, storywriter, dies; along with his brother and co-author John, he sought to create sympathetic, yet non-stereotypical Irish characters in his stories

August 30, 1874

National synod of Catholic bishops begins at Maynooth; they renew condemnation of Queens Colleges and condemn Trinity College

August 30, 1875

Scottish born Hubert Cecil Booth patented his design for a vacuum cleaner which sucked in the dust and retained it by means of a filter.

August 30, 1901

The Chamber of Commerce calls for Ireland to adopt Greenwich Mean Time — 25 minutes behind Irish Standard Time

August 30, 1911

William Trevor, pseudonym of William Trevor Cox, short-story writer and novelist, is born in Mitchelstown, Co. Cork

August 30, 1928

Liz McColgan won the World Athletics Championship, 10,000 metres in Tokyo by a margin of, 20 seconds.

August 30, 1991