november
Highlighted Events from November
November 5, 1839
Chartist march on Newport Wales ends as militia fires on Chartists killing nine
The Peoples Charter, drafted in 1838 by William Lovett, was at the heart of a radical campaign for parliamentary reform of the inequities remaining after the Reform Act of 1832. The Chartists six main demands were:
November 27, 1906
Michael Cusack, one of the founders of the GAA, died
Michael Cusack, one of the founders of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA), passed away on November 27, 1906. He was a key figure in the establishment of the GAA in 1884, along with Maurice Davin, John Wyse Power, and others. The GAA was founded with the aim of promoting and preserving traditional Irish sports and culture.
November 9, 1926
Birth in Dublin of Hugh Leonard, pseudonym of John Keyes Byrne, playwright
Hugh Leonard (9 November 1926 – 12 February 2009) was an Irish dramatist, television writer, and essayist. In a career that spanned 50 years, Leonard wrote nearly 30 full-length plays, 10 one-act plays, three volumes of essay, two autobiographies, three novels, numerous screenplays and teleplays, and a regular newspaper column.
November 21, 1887
Joseph Mary Plunkett, Irish patriot and poet, is born in Dublin
Joseph Mary Plunkett (Irish: Seosamh Máire Pluincéid; 21 November 1887 – 4 May 1916) was an Irish nationalist, republican, poet, journalist, revolutionary and a leader of the 1916 Easter Rising. Joseph Mary Plunkett married Grace Gifford in 1916, seven hours before his execution.