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September 15th

Thu 15 Sep 2005

St Mirren Day (patron saint of Paisley).

Tue 15 Sep 1931

12,000 Royal Navy sailors on, 15 ships went on strike at Invergordon over cuts in their pay.

Fri 15 Sep 1905

Pat OCallaghan, physician, hammer-thrower and first man to win an Olympic gold medal while representing Ireland, is born near Kanturk, Co. Cork

Sun 15 Sep 1889

Birth in Castlebar of singer Margaret Burke Sheridan

Thu 15 Sep 1881

First soccer international in Ireland; England beats the Irish squad

Sat 15 Sep 1866

John Blake Dillon, Young Irelander and co-founder of The Nation, dies in Killarney

Fri 15 Sep 1865

Police raid and close the Irish People offices; Rossa, Luby and OLeary are arrested

Mon 15 Sep 1851

Sir William Whitla, physician and professor, is born in Co. Monaghan

Wed 15 Sep 1773

The Hector leaves Loch Broom, near Ullapool, to sail to Pictou, Nova Scotia, carrying emigrants escaping from the Clearances.

Thu 15 Sep 1718

The Breton gentry gather in Rennes to defend the liberties of Brittany.

Fri 15 Sep 1595

City Baillie shot when Edinburgh High School pupils rioted when refused a holiday.