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Birth of W.B. Yeats in Dublin

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calendar 1975

Rate of price inflation reached, 25% in the UK.

June 13, 1975

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calendar 1951

Eamon de Valera becomes Taoiseach

June 13, 1951

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calendar 1886

Molly Malone reputedly dies of the fever

June 13, 1886

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calendar 1884

Mary Colum in Collooney, Co. Sligo, born

June 13, 1884

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calendar 1831

James Clerk Maxwell, first Professor of Experimental Physics at Cambridge University, born

June 13, 1831

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calendar 1819

The Strathnaver Clearances began on the Sutherland estates, families were given, 30 minutes to remove their belongings before their cottages were set on fire

June 13, 1819

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calendar 1798

Battle of Ballynahinch, Ireland, defeat of United Irish Army in Ulster.

June 13, 1798

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calendar 1748

Sir Robert King, MP for Boyle, Co. Roscommon, is created Baron Kingsborough

June 13, 1748

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calendar 1713

Jonathan Swift becomes Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin

June 13, 1713