November 17, 1858
Robert Owen (14 May 1771 – 17 November 1858) was a Welsh textile manufacturer, philanthropist and social reformer, and a founder of utopian socialism and the co-operative movement.
November 17, 1922
The first four executions occurred a month after most Republicans had rejected the amnesty that expired in mid-October 1922.
November 17, 1930
The Irish Hospitals’ Sweepstake was a lottery established in the Irish Free State in 1930 as the Irish Free State Hospitals’ Sweepstake to finance hospitals.
November 17, 1939
Luke Kelly, the renowned Irish folk singer and founding member of The Dubliners, was born on November 17, 1940, in Dublin, Ireland.
November 18, 1709
Henry Loftus, 1st Earl of Ely KP, PC (Ire) (18 November 1709 – 8 May 1783), styled The Honourable from 1751 to 1769 and known as Henry Loftus, 4th Viscount Loftus from 1769 to 1771, was an Anglo-Irish …
November 18, 1785
Sir David Wilkie RA (18 November 1785 – 1 June 1841) was a Scottish painter, especially known for his genre scenes.
November 18, 1873
The Home Rule League (1873–1882) was a political organization in Ireland that advocated for self-governance or “Home Rule” for Ireland within the United Kingdom.
November 18, 1880
The IFA was formed on 18 November 1880 by seven football clubs mostly in the Belfast area, as the organising body for the sport across all of Ireland.
November 18, 1899
William Allingham (19 March 1824 – 18 November 1889) was an Irish poet, diarist and editor.
November 18, 1922
Robert Erskine Childers DSC (25 June 1870 – 24 November 1922), usually known as Erskine Childers, was an English-born Irish nationalist who established himself as a writer with accounts of the Second …
November 19, 1600
King Charles I of England was born on November 19, 1600.
November 19, 1783
The Volunteers (also known as the Irish Volunteers) were local militias raised by local initiative in Ireland in 1778.
