April 11, 1882Battle of the Braes in which crofters in Skye fought 50 policemen during a dispute over land rights
December 12, 1883Peadar Kearney, composer of lyrics to Ireland National Anthem, A Soldier's Song, is born
November 4, 1884Birth in Hillsborough, Co. Down of Harry Ferguson, engineer, inventor, and pioneer of the modern tractor
September 22, 1884The gunboat HMS Wasp is wrecked off Tory Island, Co. Donegal, with the loss of 52 lives; there are eight survivors
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