June

Father James Coigly is executed by hanging at Pennington Heath. A member of the United Irishmen, he had been arrested in Margate, England as he was about to embark for France. Papers found on his person indicate that his intention is to invite the French

June 07, 1798

In Wicklow, the Rebels burn Carnew; in Ulster, they take Larne and the Larne garrison retreats to Carrickfergus. The Rebels take Ballymena and Randalstown and then attack Antrim. They also attack Maghea in Co Derry

June 07, 1798

Sir James Young Simpson, pioneer of anesthetics and chloroform, born.

June 07, 1811

Death of Patrick Brontë from Ballynaskeagh, Co Down, father of Emily, Charlotte, Anne and Bramwell

June 07, 1861

Irish Fenians raid Pigeon Hill, Quebec

June 07, 1866

Birth of Irish statesman, Kevin Christopher OHiggins in Stradbally, Co. Laois. He attempted severe repression of the Irish Republican Army in the years of the Irish “Troubles” following the Anglo-Irish treaty of 1921. A man of intellectual power, he is d

June 07, 1892

Elizabeth Bowen, born

June 07, 1899

Elizabeth Bowen, a distinguished Anglo-Irish writer and novelist, was born on June 07, 1899, in Dublin, Ireland.

Birth in Dublin of Elizabeth Bowen, novelist and short-story writer. Acclaimed for her fictional representations of Anglo-Irish Big House life, she is best known in Ireland for her novel The Last September

June 07, 1899

Patricia Lynch, childrens author, is born in Cork

June 07, 1900

George V opens the first Northern Ireland Parliament. James Craig becomes Northern Irelands first Prime Minister

June 07, 1921

Death of Matt Talbot. With the help of a priest friend, Matt overcomes chronic alcoholism and models his life on that of the monks, who lived in Ireland in the 6th and 7th centuries. It is a tough programme of prayer, fasting and almsgiving. He gives away

June 07, 1925

Birth of Liam Neeson (William John Neeson) in Ballymena, Co. Antrim

June 07, 1952