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October 10th

Thu 10 Oct 1974

Labour won the General Election with an overall majority of three seats and Harold Wilson became Prime Minister.

Tue 10 Oct 1899

Irish Transvaal Committee formed to aid Boers against the English.

Tue 10 Oct 1899

Eoin O Grownley, Irish language scholar, dies

Tue 10 Oct 1865

Magee College is opened as a combined arts and Presbyterian theological college in Derry-Londonderry

Sun 10 Oct 1819

Birth in Templemore, Co. Tipperary of Charles Stanley Monck, the first Governor General of Canada

Sun 10 Oct 1802

Writer and geologist Hugh Miller born on the Black Isle, Cromarty.

Sun 10 Oct 1802

The Edinburgh Review first published to erect a higher standard of merit, and secure a bolder and purer taste in literature, and to apply philosophical principles and the maxims of truth and humanity to politics.

Sun 10 Oct 1790

Birth in Co. Tipperary of Fr. Theobald Matthew, “The Apostle of Temperance” and campaigner against alcohol

Thu 10 Oct 1771

During his visit to Ireland, Benjamin Franklin attends a meeting of the House of Commons on this date

Sat 10 Oct 1711

The Linen Board meets for the first time

Fri 10 Oct 1084

Patrick, Bishop of Dublin, dies in a shipwreck