October

Sir Richard Quain, physician to Queen Victoria, is born in Mallow, Co. Cork

October 30, 1816

Caledonian Canal opened.

October 30, 1822

Róis Ní Ógáin (Rose Mabel Young), Gaelic scholar and editor of Duanaire Gaedhilge, is born

October 30, 1865

Eoin O'Duffy, revolutionary and organizer of the infamous Blueshirts, was born in Castleblayney, County Monaghan.

October 30, 1892

Eoin ODuffy, revolutionary and organizer of the infamous Blueshirts, was born in Castleblayney, County Monaghan.

First moving image on a television screen when John Logie Baird transmitted the image of a, 15-year-old office boy in his London workshop.

October 30, 1925

Birth of Sir Charles Brett, architectural historian

October 30, 1928

Oíche Shamhna - Cetlic New Year Eve (Halloween)

October 31

In Scotland and Ireland, Halloween is known as Oíche Shamhna, while in Wales it is Nos Calan Gaeaf, the eve of the winters calend, or first.

The Ulster rebels take Dundalk

October 31, 1641

Morgan O'Connell, soldier and politician, is born in Dublin

October 31, 1804

General Sir William Frances Butler, soldier and author, is born in Suirville, Co. Tipperary

October 31, 1838

A committee is formed to examine the extent of the potato crop failure and suggest remedies

October 31, 1845

Birth of Sara Allgood, stage and Hollywood actress, in Dublin

October 31, 1883