november

Andrew Carnegie, Steel magnate and philanthropist, born in Dunfermline Scotland

November 25, 1835

Andrew Carnegie, the renowned steel magnate, American industrialist and philanthropist, was born in Dunfermline, Scotland.

John Gibson Lockhart, biographer and critic, editor Blackwoods magazine, died

November 25, 1853

John Gibson Lockhart (12 June 1794 – 25 November 1854) was a Scottish writer and editor.

Saidie Paterson, trade unionist and peace activist, born in Belfast

November 25, 1906

Saidie Patterson MBE (25 November 1906 – 16 January 1985) was a feminist, trade unionist and peace activist in Northern Ireland.

Official founding date of the Provisional Committee of the Irish Volunteers

November 25, 1913

The Irish Volunteers (Irish: Óglaigh na hÉireann), also known as the Irish Volunteer Force or the Irish Volunteer Army, was a paramilitary organisation established in 1913 by nationalists and …

John Stearne, founder and first president of the College of Physicians, born

November 26, 1624

John Stearne or Sterne (1624–1669) was an Irish academic, and first president of the College of Physicians in Dublin.

John Loudon McAdam Scottish engineer who developed the macadam road died

November 26, 1836

John Loudon McAdam (23 September 1756 – 26 November 1836) was a Scottish civil engineer and road-builder.

Aeneas Coffey, inventor of the Coffey Still, dies

November 26, 1852

Coffey was born in 1780. According to some sources he was born in Ireland most likely in Co.

Osborn Joseph Bergin, Celtic Scholar, born in Cork

November 26, 1873

Osborn Joseph Bergin (26 November 1873 – 6 October 1950) was a scholar of the Irish language and early Irish literature, who discovered Bergin’s Law.

Thomas Andrews, chemist and physicist, born in Belfast

November 26, 1885

Thomas Andrews, FRS FRSE, was an Irish chemist and physicist, was born on December 19, 1813, in Belfast, Ireland.

Rugby player Karl Mullen is born in Courtown Harbour, Co. Wexford

November 26, 1926

Dr Karl Daniel Mullen (26 November 1926 – 27 April 2009) was an Irish rugby union player and consultant gynaecologist who captained the Irish rugby team and captained the British Lions on their 1950 …