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September 24th

Mon 24 Sep 1962

Birth of Scotland international footballer and later TV personality Ally McCoist.

Fri 24 Sep 1880

Beginning of famous boycott against Irish landlord Captain Boycott.

Fri 24 Sep 1880

Mayo agent, Captain Charles Boycott, was sent to a moral Coventry. He described his plight in a letter to The Times ...people collect in crowds upon my farm and order off all my workmen. The shopkeepers have been warned to stop all supplies to my hous

Thu 24 Sep 1801

James Moore ODonell, former MP for Ratoath, is killed in a duel with Major Denis Bingham in a feud over Co. Mayo politics

Mon 24 Sep 1798

United Irishman, Bartholomew Teeling, is hanged in Dublin

Sun 24 Sep 1786

Birth of Charles Bianconi, Irish passenger-car entrepreneur

Mon 24 Sep 1725

Sir Arthur Guinness is born in Celbridge, Co. Kildare

Sat 24 Sep 1661

Faithful Tadpole is admitted as a clerical vicar choral of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin

Wed 24 Sep 1332

Edward Balliol, son of John Balliol, crowned at Scone. He was deposed by supporters of David II in December 1332, restored in, 1333, deposed again in, 1334, restored in, 1335 and finally deposed in, 1341.