On October 14, 1882 in Celtic History
Eamon de valera, nationalist campaigner, fianna fáil leader, taoiseach and president of ireland, is born in brooklyn, ny of a spanish father and an irish mother
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1969
The, 50 pence decimal coin was first issued, replacing the ten shilling note.
October 14, 1969
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1939
German submarine sank HMS Royal Oak in Scapa Flow, Orkney, with the loss of, 810 lives.
October 14, 1939
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1920
Tipperary IRA man, Sean Treacy, is killed in a gun battle in Talbot Street, Dublin
October 14, 1920
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1881
Eyemouth Fishing Disaster, nearly, 20 boats and, 129 men (1 in, 3 of the towns male population) lost their lives in a storm.
October 14, 1881
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1880
Nationalist and Gaelic League activist, Mary Ellen Spring-Rice is born
October 14, 1880
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1814
Birth of author and patriot, Thomas Osborne Davis in Mallow, Co. Cork
October 14, 1814
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1788
First steamboat tested on Dalswinton Loch by Patrick Miller and William Symington.
October 14, 1788
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1783
Edmond Sexton Pery is unanimously re-elected as Speaker of the Irish parliament
October 14, 1783
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1767
George Townshend, 4th Viscount Townshend, becomes Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
October 14, 1767