June

First Ulster parliament, led by Sir James Craig, is formally opened by King George V, who appeals for peace

June 22, 1921

Longford, born Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson is shot and killed by the IRA on the steps of his home in London (link to Wild Geese)

June 22, 1922

Charles II sailed into the estuary of the river Spey and signed the Covenant before going ashore.

June 23, 1650

The Registration Act comes into force requiring all Catholic priests in Ireland to register in court, to furnish two £50 bonds for good behaviour, and not to leave the county in which they are registered

June 23, 1704

Malt Riots, Glasgow

June 23, 1725

Due to the gross dislike of the Malt Tax there were wide spread riots across the country.

William Brown, founder of the Argentine navy, is born in Foxford, Co. Mayo

June 23, 1777

Rebel southern column captures Goresbridge, Co. Kilkenny and camps at Bunreagh; Rebel northern column moves into Wicklow Mountains and camps at Ballymanus

June 23, 1798

Daniel OConnell secretly marries his cousin, Mary OConnell

June 23, 1802

George and Robert Stephenson open their locomotive foundry in Newcastle upon Tyne.

June 23, 1823

Annie French Hector, novelist who wrote under the pseudonym Mrs. Alexander, is born in Dublin. Highly successful novelist with 40 books including the Wooing of O’t (1873), and Blind Fate (1891); A Choice of Evils (1895), and Kitty Costello, semi-autobiogr

June 23, 1825

Sir James Gildea, philanthropist and co-founder of St. John Ambulance Association, is born in Kilmaine, Co. Mayo

June 23, 1838

Singer Kenneth McKellar born.

June 23, 1927