October

Birth of Sir Horace Plunkett, agricultural reformer and politician

October 24, 1854

Fanny Parnell launches the Ladies Land League in New York

October 24, 1880

John Comyn, Archbishop of Dublin, dies and is buried in Christ Church Cathedral

October 25, 1212

Invasion of the Isle of Mann by Cromwellian forces.

October 25, 1651

The invasion fleet was held up by bad weather for a week at Beaumaris, but it eventually arrived off Castletown Bay at about 2 oclock in the morning of October 25th.

A radical reform congress commences in William Street, Dublin

October 25, 1784

Birth of opera singer Catherine Hayes in Limerick

October 25, 1818

Birth of Micheál Mac Liammóir, actor and writer

October 25, 1899

The Engineering and Scientific Association of Ireland assures the population that flying machines will never be of any practical use

October 25, 1909

Terence MacSwiney, the Mayor of Cork, dies in a London prison after 73 days on hunger strike

October 25, 1920

The Dáil approves the Constitution of the Irish Free State

October 25, 1922

Conservatives won the General Election with a majority of, 26, beginning, 13 years of government.

October 25, 1951

Elvis Presley touched down at Prestwick airport, his only visit to Scotland.

October 25, 1960