Birth in Edinburgh of Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, Creator of Sherlock Holmes. Doyle Was the Eldest Son of 10 Siblings Born to Irish Parents Charles Doyle and Mary Foley

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Birth in Edinburgh of Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes. Doyle was the eldest son of 10 siblings born to Irish parents Charles Doyle and Mary Foley

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, author of Sherlock Holmes, born of Irish parents in Edinburgh.

← Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, author of Sherlock Holmes, born of Irish parents in Edinburgh.

Novelist, Maria Edgeworth, dies in Mostrim, Co. Longford. She is laid to rest in a vault at Edgeworthstown Church. The Great Famine which decimates the people she loves mars her last years. Even though in her late seventies, she worked strenuously for the

Novelist, Maria Edgeworth, dies in Mostrim, Co. Longford. She is laid to rest in a vault at Edgeworthstown Church. The Great Famine which decimates the people she loves mars her last years. Even though in her late seventies, she worked strenuously for the →

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, author of Sherlock Holmes, born of Irish parents in Edinburgh.

← Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, author of Sherlock Holmes, born of Irish parents in Edinburgh.

Birth in Edinburgh of Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes. Doyle was the eldest son of 10 siblings born to Irish parents Charles Doyle and Mary Foley

Novelist, Maria Edgeworth, dies in Mostrim, Co. Longford. She is laid to rest in a vault at Edgeworthstown Church. The Great Famine which decimates the people she loves mars her last years. Even though in her late seventies, she worked strenuously for the

Novelist, Maria Edgeworth, dies in Mostrim, Co. Longford. She is laid to rest in a vault at Edgeworthstown Church. The Great Famine which decimates the people she loves mars her last years. Even though in her late seventies, she worked strenuously for the →

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