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September 18th

Fri 18 Sep 1964

Death of Sean O’Casey in England.

Fri 18 Sep 1959

47 miners were killed at Auchengeich Colliery, Lanarkshire when the bogies carrying them to work ran into smoke, 1,000 feet below ground.

Mon 18 Sep 1944

Birth of Lord Roger of Earlsferry, Lord Justice General.

Thu 18 Sep 1941

Stephen Hayes, a former IRA chief of staff, is kidnapped on 30 June; he later claims to have been court martialled and tortured by the IRA; Seán McCaughey is convicted of his kidnapping on this date

Fri 18 Sep 1914

Home Rule Act on Statute Book but is suspended for the duration of World War

Wed 18 Sep 1889

Kathleen Behan, née Kearney, Mother of All the Behans and folk singer is born in Dublin

Wed 18 Sep 1867

Kelly and Timothy Deasy are rescued in a Fenian attack on a police van in Manchester during which a police sergeant is shot dead

Thu 18 Sep 1851

Anne Devlin, friend and comrade of Robert Emmett, dies in Dublin

Fri 18 Sep 1846

James Standish OGrady, novelist, is born in Castletownbere, Co. Cork

Fri 18 Sep 1818

Theatre Royal, Glasgow, became the first theatre in Britain to be lit by gas.

Thu 18 Sep 1400

First action of Glyn Dwrs revolt as Welsh rebels capture town of Ruthin.