november

John Knox, leading reformer of Church of Scotland, died

November 24, 1572

John Knox, (Scottish Gaelic: Iain Cnocc; c. 1514 – 24 November 1572) the prominent Scottish religious reformer and a key figure in the Protestant Reformation, died on November 24, 1572.

Lawrence Sterne, clergyman, humorist, and author, is born in Clonmel, Co. Tipperary

November 24, 1713

Laurence Sterne (24 November 1713 – 18 March 1768) was an Anglo-Irish novelist and Anglican cleric who wrote the novels The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman and A Sentimental Journey …

Henry Blosse Lynch, soldier and explorer, is born in Ballinrobe, Co. Mayo

November 24, 1807

Henry Blosse Lynch (1807—1873) was an Anglo-Irish explorer. Henry Blosse Lynch was third of the eleven sons of Major Henry Blosse Lynch (1778-1823) of Partry House, Ballinrobe, County Mayo, His mother …

Arthur French, MP for Co. Roscommon, dies of excessive fox-hunting

November 24, 1820

Arthur French (1764 – 24 November 1820) was an Irish Whig politician.

James Stephens, Fenian, escapes from Richmond prison, Dublin

November 24, 1865

James Stephens ( 26 January 1825 – 29 March 1901) was an Irish Republican, and the founding member of an originally unnamed revolutionary organisation in Dublin.

Irish republican Erskine Childers is executed by the Free State government

November 24, 1922

Robert Erskine Childers DSC (25 June 1870 – 24 November 1922), usually known as Erskine Childers (/ˈɜːrskɪn ˈtʃɪldərz/[1]), was an English-born Irish nationalist who established himself as a writer …

Comedian and actor Billy Connolly born

November 24, 1942

Sir William Connolly CBE, the Scottish comedian, actor, and musician, was born on November 24, 1942, in Anderston, Glasgow, Scotland.

Sorley MacLean, poet, died

November 24, 1996

Sorley MacLean 26 October 1911 – 24 November 1996) was a Scottish Gaelic poet, described by the Scottish Poetry Library as “one of the major Scottish poets of the modern era” because of …

James Napper Tandy leading radicals asks for Parliamentary reform for Ireland

November 25, 1784

James Napper Tandy (February 1739 Dublin – 24 August 1803 Bordeaux, France), known as Napper Tandy, was an Irish revolutionary and a founder of the United Irishmen.

General Tam Dalyell raises a regiment to suppress Covenanters which later became the Royal Scots Greys

November 25, 1681

Sir Tam Dalyell, later known as General Tam Dalyell of the Binns, raised a regiment in 1678 to suppress the Covenanters during a period of religious and political conflict in Scotland.

The second Irish parliament of Queen Anne sits from this date to 24 December

November 25, 1713

Anne, Queen of Great Britain (6 February 1665 – 1 August 1714) was Queen of Great Britain and Ireland following the ratification of the Acts of Union on 1 May 1707, which merged the kingdoms of …