March 27, 1869James MacNeill, Governor-General of the Irish Free State, is born in Glenarm, Co. Antrim
September 16, 1870Birth in Dublin of John Pius Boland, nationalist politician and Irelands first Olympic gold medalist
September 1, 1870Isaac Butt founds the Home Government Association; Home Rule is now the objective of constitutional nationalists
August 30, 1870Birth of golf course designer Dr Alister Mackenzie; he was responsible for Augusta National and Cypress Point, among others.
August 27, 1870The Oceanic, a liner built in Belfast by Harland and Wolff for the White Star Line, is launched
August 12, 1870Sir Hubert Gough, soldier and participant in Curragh mutiny of 1914, is born in Gurteen, Co. Waterford
May 22, 1870Birth of Eva Gore-Booth, poet, trade unionist and feminist, on the Lissadell Estate in Co. Sligo
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