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September 4th

Fri 04 Sep 1964

Forth Road Bridge opened by the Queen. At, 6,156 feet long and a centre span of, 3300 feet, it was the longest in Europe at that time.

Tue 04 Sep 1962

Last tramcar run in Glasgow (to Auchenshuggle).

Mon 04 Sep 1922

Dónal Foley, journalist, humorist and author of Man Bites Dog column in the Irish Times, is born in Ring, Co. Waterford

Thu 04 Sep 1851

John Dillon, Nationalist politician, is born in Blackrock, Co. Dublin

Wed 04 Sep 1844

Conspiracy judgment against Daniel OConnell is reversed by House of Lords

Tue 04 Sep 1798

Cornwallis moves forward from Tuam to attack Castlebar Humbert leaves Castlebar with 800 French troops and 1000 Irish rebels and moves into Co Sligo. His plan is to march to Ulster. Humbert marches all might. Rising takes place in Longford and Westmeath

Sun 04 Sep 1768

Francois-Rene de Chateaubriand, Breton linguist, born

Tue 04 Sep 1607

Hugh ONeill, Ruari ODonnell and other chiefs of their families depart Lough Swilly for the continent in what has become known as the Flight of the Earls

Wed 04 Sep 1241

King Alexander III born at Roxburgh.