Irish - Notable Historical Events
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Irish - Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1264-06-18 |
The Parliament of Ireland meets at Castledermot in County Kildare, the first definitively known meeting of this Irish legislature. |
1541-06-18 |
Irish parliament selects Henry VIII as king of Ireland |
1599-08-15 |
Nine Years War: Battle of Curlew Pass - Irish forces led by Hugh Roe O'Donnell successfully ambush English forces, led by Sir Conyers Clifford, sent to relieve Collooney Castle. |
1599-09-07 |
Earl of Essex & Irish rebel Tyrone signs treaty |
1603-03-30 |
Battle at Mellifont: English army under Lord Mountjoy beats Irish |
1631-06-20 |
The sack of Baltimore: the Irish village of Baltimore is attacked by Algerian pirates. |
1634-02-25 |
Irish captain Walter Devereaux kills duke Wallenstein |
1634-11-11 |
Following pressure from Anglican bishop John Atherton, the Irish House of Commons passes "An Act for the Punishment for the Vice of Buggery". |
1641-10-23 |
Outbreak of the Irish Rebellion of 1641 - Catholic uprising in Ulster |
1647-08-08 |
The Irish Confederate Wars and Wars of the Three Kingdoms: Battle of Dungans Hill - English Parliamentary forces defeat Irish forces. |
1798-05-24 |
Irish Rebellion of 1798 led by the United Irishmen against British rule begins. |
1798-05-26 |
British kill about 500 Irish insurgents at the Battle of Tara |
1798-06-05 |
The Battle of New Ross: The attempt to spread United Irish Rebellion into Munster is defeated. |
1798-08-22 |
French troops land in Kilcummin harbour, County Mayo, Ireland to aid Wolfe Tone's United Irishmen's Irish Rebellion. |
1801-01-01 |
The Irish Parliament votes to join the Kingdom of Great Britain, forming the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
1804-03-04 |
The Battle of Vinegar Hill, colony of New South Wales (Australia), when Irish convicts (some of whom had been involved in Ireland's Battle of Vinegar Hill in 1798) led the colony's only significant convict uprising. |
1810-12-15 |
1st Irish magazine in US, Shamrock, is published |
1832-06-07 |
Asian cholera reaches Quebec, brought by Irish immigrants, and kills about 6,000 people in Lower Canada. |
1837-06-11 |
The Broad Street Riot occurres in Boston, fueled by ethnic tensions between English-Americans and Irish-Americans. |
1839-01-06 |
2 day storm off Irish & English coast immortalized as "Big Wind" |
1843-10-14 |
British arrest Irish nationalist Daniel O'Connell for conspiracy |
1848-07-29 |
Irish Potato Famine: Tipperary Revolt - in Tipperary, an unsuccessful nationalist revolt against British rule is put down by police. |
1863-04-13 |
Battle of Irish Bend, LA (Ft Bisland) |
1866-06-01 |
Renegade Irish Fenians from US invade Fort Erie, Ontario |
1866-06-02 |
Renegade Irish Fenians surrender to US forces |
1866-06-07 |
Irish Fenians raid Pigeon Hill, Quebec |
1867-11-23 |
The Manchester Martyrs were hanged in Manchester, England for rescuing two Irish men from jail. |
1868-04-07 |
Thomas D'Arcy McGee, one of the Canadian Fathers of Confederation is assassinated by the Irish, in one of the few Canadian political assassinations, and only federal politician. |
1870-05-10 |
Jem Mace & defends his heavyweight crown against Irish champ Joe Coburn, it lasts 1 hr & 17 minutes, & neither is struck by a punch |
1870-05-25 |
Irish Fenians raid Eccles Hill, Quebec |
1870-08-01 |
Irish Land Act gives rights to tenants of landlords in Ireland. |
1875-09-01 |
A murder conviction effectively forces the violent Irish anti-owner coal miners, the "Molly Maguires", to disband. |
1877-06-21 |
The Molly Maguires, ten Irish immigrants, are hanged at the Schuylkill County and Carbon County, Pennsylvania prisons. |
1883-12-26 |
The Harbour Grace Affray between Irish Catholics and Protestant Orangemen causes five deaths in Newfoundland. |
1884-11-01 |
The Gaelic Athletic Association is founded to promote Irish sport and games; The association denies membership to the police and army and is immediately infiltrated by the Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB) |
1886-04-08 |
William Ewart Gladstone introduces the first Irish Home Rule Bill into the British House of Commons. |
1893-07-31 |
Gaelic League is founded by Douglas Hyde and Eoin MacNeill in order to encourage Irish people to speak the language and take a greater interest in their culture |
1897-05-18 |
Irish Music Festival 1st held (Dublin) |
1897-05-18 |
Dracula, a novel by Irish author Bram Stoker is published. |
1899-05-08 |
The Irish Literary Theatre in Dublin opens. |
1900-01-05 |
Irish leader John Edward Redmond calls for a revolt against British rule. |
1900-05-31 |
Piet de Law captures Lt Col BE Spragges, 13th Battalion Irish Imperial Yeomanry |
1900-09-01 |
Cumann na nGaedheal (Irish Council) founded by Arthur Griffith in order to promote a buy Irish campaign |
1902-01-08 |
The United Irish League, a leading force for unification in all Ireland and independence from Britain, holds its convention in Dublin |
1904-02-25 |
J M Synge's "Riders to the Sea" opens at Irish Natl Theater Society |
1912-04-11 |
The British Parliament introduce a Irish home rule bill, granting Ireland its own bicameral parliament and be required to send a representative to the British House of Commons; Protestants in Ulster resist |
1913-01-30 |
UK House of Lords rejects Irish Home Rule Bill |
1913-07-12 |
150,000 Ulstermen gather and resolve to resist Irish Home Rule by force of arms; since the British Liberals have promised the Irish nationalists Home Rule, civil war appears imminent |
1913-11-23 |
Jim Larkin and James Connolly establish the Irish Citizens Army in order to protect strikers |
1913-11-25 |
The Irish Volunteers founded in Dublin to "secure the rights and liberties common to all the people of Ireland" |
1914-05-25 |
British House of Commons passes Irish Home Rule Bill |
1914-07-26 |
Irish Volunteers unload a shipment of 1,500 rifles and 45,000 rounds of ammunition arrived from Germany aboard Erskine Childers' yacht the Asgard; British troops fire on jeering crowd on Bachelors Walk, Dublin, killing three citizens |
1914-09-09 |
Meeting held at Gaelic League headquarters between Irish Republican Brotherhood and other extreme republicans; initial decision made to stage an uprising while Britain is at war |
1914-09-18 |
Irish Home Rule bill receives Royal assent |
1914-09-20 |
John Redmond urges Irish Volunteers to enlist in the British Army |
1916-04-09 |
The Libau sets sail from Germany with a cargo of 20,000 rifles to assist Irish republicans; Captain Karl Spindler changes the name of the vessel to the Aud to avoid British detection |
1916-04-12 |
Irish nationalist activist and poet Roger Casement boards submarine U-19 at Wilmshaven, Germany, bound for a rendezvous with the Aud at Tralee |
1916-04-19 |
Alderman Kelly reads the 'Castle Order' to a meeting of Dublin Corporation; this forged document supposedly from Dublin Castle, indicated that there was to be mass arrests of Irish Volunteers to prevent "trouble" |
1916-04-21 |
Sir Roger Casement, an Ulster Protestant and ardent Irish nationalist, lands on the coast from a German submarine; he attempts to get German aid for an uprising against the British |
1916-04-21 |
Irish nationalist activist and poet Roger Casement is discovered at McKenna's Fort and is arrested by the Royal Irish Constabulary |
1916-04-21 |
The Aud, carrying a cargo of 20,000 rifles to assist Irish republicans in staging what would become the 1916 Rising, is captured by the British Navy and forced to sail towards Cork Harbour |
1916-04-22 |
Karl Spindler scuttles the Aud near Daunt's Rock, to prevent its cargo of 20,000 rifles destined for Irish republicans falling into enemy hands |
1916-04-22 |
Chief of Staff of the Irish Volunteers Eóin MacNeill issues the Countermanding order in Dublin to try to stop what would become the Easter Rising |
1916-04-24 |
Easter rebellion of Irish against British occupation begins |
1916-04-27 |
The British renew their assault on the Irish Volunteer position in Mount Street; shelling also sets the buildings on fire |
1916-04-29 |
Irish nationalists set post office on fire in Dublin |
1916-05-03 |
Irish Nationalists Patrick Pearse, Thomas MacDonagh and Thomas Clarke are executed by firing squad following their involvement in the Easter Rising |
1916-08-21 |
Sir Roger Casement, an Ulster Protestant and ardent Irish nationalist, arrested by the British |
1919-01-21 |
Sinn Fein creates its own Free Irish parliament (dáil eireann) in Dublin, which brought about the Irish War of Independence. |
1920-03-31 |
British parliament accepts Irish Home Rule law |
1920-11-28 |
Kilmichael Ambush, Battle of the Irish War of Independence. |
1921-12-06 |
Anglo-Irish Treaty signed; Ireland receives dominion status; partition creates Northern Ireland |
1921-12-08 |
Eamon de Valera publicly repudiates Anglo-Irish Treaty |
1922-01-15 |
Irish Free State forms; Michael Collins becomes 1st Premier |
1922-01-18 |
Irish author Liam O'Flaherty & others occupy Rotunda in Dublin |
1922-05-23 |
"Abie's Irish Rose" 1st of over 2,500 performances |
1922-06-28 |
The Irish Civil War starts when Irish Free State forces attack anti-treaty republicans in Dublin. |
1922-09-09 |
William T Cosgrave replaces Irish premier Collins |
1922-10-24 |
Irish Parliament adopts a constitution for an Irish Free State |
1922-12-06 |
1st constitution of Irish Free State comes into operation |
1922-12-17 |
Last British troops leave Irish Free State |
1923-08-15 |
Eamon de Valera arrested in Irish Free State |
1923-09-10 |
Irish Free state joins League of Nations |
1926-04-07 |
Mussolini's Irish wife breaks his nose |
1927-11-12 |
Notre Dame's Fighting Irish changes blue jerseys for green |
1929-03-22 |
66 horses run in Irish Grand National Sweepstakes |
1930-11-22 |
1st Irish Sweepstake run |
1936-03-11 |
British Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin pardons five convicted Irish militants who promise to join growing conflict with Germany. |
1936-05-22 |
Aer Lingus (Aer Loingeas) is founded by the Irish government as the national airline of the Republic of Ireland. |
1937-07-22 |
Irish premier Eamon de Valera wins elections |
1937-12-29 |
2nd Irish constitution comes into effect; Irish Free State renamed Erie |
1948-12-21 |
State of Eire (formerly Irish Free State) declares its independence |
1949-05-17 |
British government recognises Republic of Ireland (previously Irish Free State) |
1956-12-12 |
Commencement of the Irish Republican Army's Border Campaign. |
1957-01-01 |
An Irish Republican Army (IRA) unit attacks Brookeborough RUC barracks in one of the most famous incidents of the IRA's Operation Harvest. |
1957-07-08 |
Irish premier Eamon de Valera arrests Sinn-Fein leaders |
1966-05-21 |
A loyalist group calling itself the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) issued a statement declaring war on the Irish Republican Army (IRA) |
1966-11-10 |
Jack Lynch becomes Irish premier (Taoiseach) |
1968-01-08 |
Terence O'Neill, then Northern Ireland Prime Minister, travelles to Dublin to meet with Jack Lynch, Irish Prime Minister, to continue discussions on matters of joint interest to Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland |
1968-05-25 |
Unicorn by The Irish Rovers hits #7 |
1968-06-20 |
Catholic Irish Civil rights activists protest against discrimination in the allocation of housing by illegally occupying a house in Caledon, County Tyrone |
1968-10-30 |
Jack Lynch, Irish Prime Minister (Taoiseach), meets with Harold Wilson, then British Prime Minister, in London, calling for the ending of partition as a means to resolve the unrest in Northern Ireland |
1969-08-14 |
In response to events in Derry, Irish nationalists hold protests throughout Northern Ireland, some of these became violent |
1970-01-11 |
Irish republican political party Sinn Féin party splits between those in favor of abstentionism (of not taking any seats won in the parliaments) and those where against |
1970-05-06 |
Irish Prime Minister Jack Lynch sacks two ministers in the Irish government over allegations of illegal arms importation |
1970-05-28 |
Arms Trial Begins: several men are charged in a Dublin court with conspiracy to illegally import arms for use by the Irish Republican Army (IRA) |
1970-06-22 |
Irish socialist, republican and Member of Parliament, Bernadette Devlin, loses her appeal against a 6-month prison sentence imposed for taking part in riots in Derry |
1970-06-26 |
Two young girls die in a premature explosion in Derry after their father, a member of the Irish Republican Army, was making an incendiary device, presumably for use against the British Army |
1970-06-27 |
Following the arrest of Bernadette Devlin, intense riots erupt in Derry and Belfast leading to a prolonged gun battle between Irish republicans and loyalists |
1970-07-02 |
Neil Blaney is found not guilty of illegal arms importation to the Irish Republican Army by a Dublin jury |
1970-07-06 |
Irish Minister for External Affairs Partick Hillery pays an unofficial visit to the Falls Road area of Belfast, an areas only just subject to a curfew by British Army |
1970-08-11 |
Two Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) officers are killed by the Irish Republican Army (IRA) when they set off a booby trap bomb planted in a car near Crossmaglen, County Armagh |
1970-09-04 |
An Irish Republican Army (IRA) member, Michael Kane (35), is killed in the premature explosion of the bomb he was planting at an electricity transformer in Belfast |
1970-11-09 |
The Irish School of Ecumenics is founded by Michael Hurley |
1970-11-16 |
Two men are shot dead by the Irish Republican Army (IRA) |
1971-01-10 |
Members of the Irish Republican Army carry out a 'punishment attack' by tarring and feathering 4 men accused of criminal activities in Catholic areas of Belfast |
1971-02-06 |
The Irish Republican Army shoots and kills Gunner Robert Curtis, the first British soldier to die during the 'Troubles' |
1971-02-09 |
5 men are killed near a BBC transmitter on Brougher Mountain, County Tyrone, in a landmine attack carried out by the Irish Republican Army |
1971-02-15 |
A British soldier dies 7 days after being mortally wounded in an Irish Republican Army attack in North Ireland |
1971-02-26 |
Two Royal Ulster Constabulary officers are shot and killed by the Irish Republican Army while on a mobile patrol in the Ardoyne area of Belfast, North Ireland |
1971-03-08 |
Gun battle between Official Irish Republican Army and Provisional IRA leave 1 man was killed; the feud between the two wings of the IRA had been developing since the split in 1970 |
1971-03-09 |
Three off-duty Scottish soldiers are killed by the Provisional Irish Republican Army; 4000 shipyard workers take to the streets to demand internment in response |
1971-03-10 |
Three members of the Royal Highland Fusiliers (a regiment of the British Army) are killed by members of the Irish Republican Army |
1971-03-12 |
Thousands of Belfast shipyard workers march demanding the introduction of Internment for members of the Irish Republican Army |
1971-04-10 |
The Republican commemorations is held in Belfast of the Easter Rising (in 1916 in Dublin), revealing conflicts between the two wings of the Irish Republican Army |
1971-05-15 |
Irish Republican Army member William 'Billy' Reid is shot dead by British soldiers in Belfast |
1971-05-22 |
A British soldier is killed by members of the Official Irish Republican Army in Belfast |
1971-05-25 |
The Provisional Irish Republican Army throw a time bomb into Springfield Road British Army base in Belfast, killing British Army Sergeant Michael Willetts and wounding seven officers |
1971-07-06 |
A member of the Official Irish Republican Army (OIRA) is killed in a premature explosion in County Tipperary, Republic of Ireland |
1971-07-11 |
The Irish Republican Army set off a number of bombs in the centre of Belfast injuring a number of people |
1971-08-08 |
A British soldier is shot dead by the Irish Republican Army in Belfast |
1971-09-01 |
The Irish Republican Army set off a series of bombs across Northern Ireland injuring a number of people |
1971-09-02 |
There are further Irish Republican Army bombs set off across the region, including one in Belfast which wrecked the headquarters of the Ulster Unionist Party |
1971-09-06 |
British Prime Minister Edward Heath meets with Irish Prime Minister/Taoiseach Jack Lynch at Chequers in England to discuss the situation in Northern Ireland |
1971-09-23 |
2 members of the Official Irish Republican Army are killed in a premature bomb explosion |
1971-09-27 |
Tripartite talks involving the prime ministers of Northern Ireland, Britain, and the Taoiseach (Irish Prime Minister) of the Republic of Ireland take place at Chequers, England |
1971-10-23 |
Two female members of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) are shot dead by the British Army in the Lower Falls area of Belfast |
1971-10-24 |
A member of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) is shot dead by undercover Royal Ulster Constabulary officers during a bomb attack in Belfast |
1971-10-25 |
A man dies two days after being shot during an Irish Republican Army attack on the British Army in Belfast |
1971-10-31 |
The Irish Republican Army (IRA) explode a bomb at the Post Office Tower in London |
1971-11-18 |
A British soldier is shot dead by the Irish Republican Army (IRA) in Belfast |
1971-11-22 |
A member of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) is killed in a premature bomb explosion in Lurgan, County Armagh |
1971-11-24 |
A woman is killed after members of the Irish Republican Army carry out an attack on British soldiers in Strabane, County Tyrone |
1971-11-27 |
Two Customs officials are shot by an Irish Republican Army sniper firinge upon a British Army patrol investigating a bomb attack on a Customs Post near Newry, County Armagh |
1971-12-07 |
An off duty member of the Ulster Defence Regiment is shot dead by members of the Irish Republican Army in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland |
1971-12-18 |
Three members of the Irish Republican Army die when the bomb they were transporting explodes prematurely in King Street, Magherafelt, County Derry. |
1971-12-30 |
A member of the Irish Republican Army is killed in a premature bomb explosion in Santry, Dublin. |
1972-01-03 |
The Irish Republican Army (IRA) explodes a bomb in Callender Street, Belfast, which injures over 60 people |
1972-01-27 |
The British Army and the Irish Republican Army engage in gun battles near County Armagh; British troops fire over 1,000 rounds of amunition |
1972-02-01 |
Wings release "Give Ireland Back to the Irish" in UK |
1972-02-10 |
BBC bans "Give Ireland Back to the Irish" by Wings |
1972-02-22 |
The Official Irish Republican Army explodes a bomb at Aldershot military barracks, the headquarters of the Parachute Regiment, killing seven people |
1972-02-25 |
Paul McCartney releases "Give Ireland back to the Irish" single |
1972-02-25 |
Attempted assassination of Minister of State for Home Affairs John Taylor who is shot a number of times (the Official Irish Republican Army later claimed responsibility) |
1972-03-09 |
Four members of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) die in a premature explosion at a house in Clonard Street, Lower Falls, Belfast |
1972-03-20 |
Donegall Street bombing: the Provisional Irish Republican Army detonate its first car bomb on Donegall Street in Belfast; four civilians, two RUC officers and a UDR soldier killed while 148 people were wounded |
1972-04-07 |
Three members of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) die in a premature bomb explosion in Belfast |
1972-04-14 |
The Provisional Irish Republican Army explode twenty-four bombs in towns and cities across Northern Ireland |
1972-04-15 |
A member of the Official Irish Republican Army is shot dead by British soldiers at Joy Street in the Markets area of Belfast close to his home |
1972-04-16 |
Two British soldiers are shot dead by the Official Irish Republican Army (OIRA) in separate incidents in Derry |
1972-05-10 |
An Irish Republican Army bomb starts a fire that destroys the Belfast Co-operative store |
1972-05-17 |
The Irish Republican Army (IRA) fires on workers leaving the Mackies engineering works in west Belfast (Although the factory was sited in a Catholic area it had an almost entirely Protestant workforce) |
1972-05-21 |
The Official Irish Republican Army (OIRA) kidnap and shoot dead William Best (19), a member of the Royal Irish Rangers |
1972-05-22 |
Over 400 women in Derry attack the offices of Official Sinn Féin in Derry, North Ireland, following the shooting of William Best by the Official Irish Republican Army |
1972-05-26 |
The Irish Republican Army (IRA) plant a bomb in Oxford Street, Belfast, killing a 64 year old woman |
1972-05-28 |
Four Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteers and four civilians killed when a bomb they were preparing exploded prematurely at a house in Belfast |
1972-06-02 |
Two British Army soldiers die in a land mine attack by the Irish Republican Army (IRA) near Rosslea, County Fermanagh |
1972-06-12 |
John Lennon's political "Sometime in NYC" released including "Woman is the Nigger of the World" "Attica State" & "Luck of the Irish" |
1972-06-13 |
The Irish Republican Army invites Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Whitelaw to 'Free Derry'; Whitelaw rejects offer and reaffirms his policy to not "let part of the United Kingdom ... default from the rule of law" |
1972-06-13 |
The Irish Republican Army invites Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Whitelaw to 'Free Derry'; Whitelaw rejects offer and reaffirms his policy to not "let part of the United Kingdom ... default from the rule of law" |
1972-06-14 |
Members of the NI Social Democratic and Labour Party hold a meeting with representatives of the Irish Republican Army in Derry; the IRA representatives outline their conditions for talks with the British Government |
1972-06-18 |
3 members of the British Army are killed by an Irish Republican Army (IRA) bomb in a derelict house near Lurgan, County Down |
1972-06-19 |
A Catholic civilian is shot dead by the Provisional Irish Republican Army in the Cracked Cup Social Club, Belfast |
1972-06-22 |
The Irish Republican Army announce that it would call a ceasefire from 26 June 1972 provided that there is a "reciprocal response" from the security forces |
1972-06-24 |
The Irish Republican Army (IRA) kill 3 British Army soldiers in a land mine attack near Dungiven, County Derry |
1972-06-26 |
The Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) begin a "bi-lateral truce" as at midnight |
1972-06-26 |
The Irish Republican Army (IRA) kill two British Army soldiers in separate attacks during the day |
1972-07-13 |
A series of gun-battles and shootings erupt across Belfast between the Provisional Irish Republican Army and British Army soldiers |
1972-07-18 |
Leader of the British Labour Party Harold Wilson holds meeting with representatives of the Irish Republican Army |
1972-07-21 |
Bloody Friday: within the space of seventy-five minutes, the Provisional Irish Republican Army explode twenty-two bombs in Belfast; six civilians, two British Army soldiers and one UDA volunteer were killed, 130 injured |
1972-07-31 |
Operation Motorman: the British Army use 12,000 soldiers supported by tanks and bulldozers to re-take the "no-go areas" controlled by the Provisional Irish Republican Army |
1972-09-20 |
The Social Democratic and Labour Party issues a document entitled Towards a New Ireland, proposing that the British and Irish governments should have joint sovereignty over Northern Ireland |
1972-09-20 |
The Social Democratic and Labour Party issues a document entitled Towards a New Ireland, proposing that the British and Irish governments should have joint sovereignty over Northern Ireland |
1972-10-06 |
Taoiseach (Irish Prime Minister) Jack Lynch closes the Sinn Féin (SF) office in Dublin |
1972-10-06 |
Taoiseach (Irish Prime Minister) Jack Lynch closes the Sinn Féin (SF) office in Dublin |
1972-10-10 |
3 members of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) die in a premature explosion in a house in Balkan Street, Lower Falls, Belfast |
1972-10-14 |
North Irish Loyalist paramilitaries raid Headquarters of the 10 Ulster Defence Regiment in Belfast and stole rifles and ammunition |
1972-10-16 |
2 members of the Offical Irish Republican Army are shot dead by the British Army in County Tyrone |
1972-11-02 |
Goverment of the Republic of Ireland introduce a bill to remove the special position of the Catholic Church from the Irish Constitution |
1972-11-19 |
Leader of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) Seán MacStiofáin is arrested in Dublin |
1972-11-24 |
Taoiseach Jack Lynch met with British Prime Minister Edward Heath in London to give Irish approval to Attlee's paper that said new arrangements should be 'acceptable to and accepted by the Republic of Ireland' |
1973-01-14 |
2 Royal Ulster Constabulary officers are killed in Derry by a booby-trap bomb attached to their car by the Irish Republican Army |
1973-02-04 |
British Army snipers shoot dead a Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteer and three civilians at the junction in Belfast during the 'Troubles' in N Ireland |
1973-03-08 |
The Provisional Irish Republican Army undertakes its first operation in Great Britain, planting four car bombs in London; 10 members of PIRA are arrested at Heathrow Airport while trying to leave the country |
1973-05-17 |
Five British Army soldiers are killed by a Provisional Irish Republican Army booby-trap bomb in Omagh, County Tyrone |
1973-06-12 |
Coleraine bombings: six Protestant civilians were killed and 33 wounded by a Provisional Irish Republican Army car bomb in Coleraine, County Londonderry |
1973-10-31 |
Three Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteers escape from Mountjoy Prison in Dublin using a hijacked helicopter |
1974-02-04 |
Provisional Irish Republican Army bomb explodes on a bus as it traveled along the M62 motorway in West Yorkshire, England carrying British Army soldiers and some of their family members; nine British Army soldiers and three civilians are killed |
1974-05-15 |
Beginning of the Ulster Workers' Council strike called by Ulster loyalists and unionists who were against the Sunningdale Agreement, which proposed the sharing of political power with Irish nationalists |
1974-06-17 |
The Provisional Irish Republican Army bomb the Houses of Parliament in London, injuring 11 people and causing extensive damage |
1974-10-10 |
The Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) and its political wing the Irish Republican Socialist Party (IRSP)founded at the Spa Hotel in the village of Lucan near Dublin |
1974-11-25 |
Irish Republican Army is outlawed in Britain following deaths of 21 |
1974-12-08 |
Irish Republican Socialist Party forms |
1974-12-22 |
The Provisional Irish Republican Army announces a Christmas ceasefire; before the ceasefire, they carry out a bomb attack on the home of former UK Prime Minister, Edward Heath |
1975-02-10 |
The Provisional Irish Republican Army agrees to a truce and ceasefire with the British government and the Northern Ireland Office; Seven "incident centres" are established in nationalist areas to monitor the ceasefire and the response of the security forces |
1975-02-20 |
A feud begains between the Official Irish Republican Army and the Irish National Liberation Army; the two groups assassinate a number of each other's volunteers until the feud ends in June 1975 |
1975-07-17 |
Four British soldiers are killed by a Provisional Irish Republican Army remote-controlled bomb near Forkill, County Armagh; the attack was the first major breach of a February truce |
1975-07-31 |
The Miami Showband killings: Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF), a loyalist paramilitary group, shoot dead three members of an Irish showband at Buskhill, County Down, Ireland |
1975-08-13 |
Bayardo Bar attack: Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteers carry out a gun and bomb attack on a pub in Belfast frequented by Ulster Volunteer Force commanders; 4 Protestant civilians and 1 UVF member are killed |
1975-09-01 |
5 Protestant civilians are killed and 7 were wounded in a Provisional Irish Republican Army gun attack on Tullyvallen Orange Hall near Newtownhamilton, County Armagh |
1975-10-12 |
Archbishop Oliver Plunkett became 1st Irish-born saint in 7 centuries |
1975-11-22 |
Drummuckavall Ambush: 3 British Army soldiers are killed and one captured when the Provisional Irish Republican Army attack a watchtower in South Armagh, North Ireland |
1975-12-06 |
Balcombe Street Siege: for 6 days, four Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteers hold two hostages at an apartment in London, England |
1976-01-23 |
The Provisional Irish Republican Army truce of February 1975 is officially brought to an end |
1976-05-15 |
The Provisional Irish Republican Army kill 3 Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) officers in County Fermanagh and 1 in County Down |
1976-08-10 |
A Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteer is shot dead by the British Army as he drove along a road in Belfast; his car then went out of control and killed 3 children, sparking a series of "peace rallies" throughout the month by a group that became known as 'Peace People' |
1977-06-16 |
Fianna Fail-party wins Irish elections |
1978-02-17 |
La Mon restaurant bombing: 11 civilians and 1 RUC officer are killed and 30 wounded by a Provisional Irish Republican Army incendiary bomb at the La Mon Restaurant near Belfast |
1978-06-17 |
The Provisional Irish Republican Army kill an RUC officer and kidnap another near Crossmaglen, County Armagh |
1978-06-21 |
The British Army shoot dead 3 Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteers and a passing Ulster Volunteer Force member at a postal depot on Ballysillan Road, Belfast; it is claimed that the PIRA volunteers were about to launch a bomb attack |
1978-09-14 |
The Provisional Irish Republican Army explode over 50 bombs in towns across Northern Ireland over the next 5 days, injuring 37 people |
1978-09-21 |
The Provisional Irish Republican Army explode bombs at the RAF airfield near Eglinton, County Londonderry; the terminal building, two aircraft hangars and four planes aree destroyed |
1979-03-22 |
The Provisional Irish Republican Army assassinate Richard Sykes, the British ambassador to the Netherlands, in Den Haag |
1979-03-22 |
The Provisional Irish Republican Army explode 24 bombs in various locations across Northern Ireland |
1979-03-30 |
Airey Neave, a British politician, is killed by a car bomb as he exits the Palace of Westminster. The Irish National Liberation Army claims responsibility. |
1979-04-17 |
Four Royal Ulster Constabulary officers are killed by a Provisional Irish Republican Army van bomb in Bessbrook, County Armagh; the bomb is believed to be the largest PIRA bomb used up to that point |
1979-08-27 |
Warrenpoint ambush: 18 British Army soldiers were killed when the Provisional Irish Republican Army explode two roadside bombs as a British convoy passed Narrow Water Castle near Warrenpoint |
1980-01-17 |
Dunmurry train explosion: a Provisional Irish Republican Army bomb prematurely detonates on a passenger train near Belfast, killing three and injuring five (including the bombers) |
1980-06-10 |
8 Provisional Irish Republican Army prisoners escape from Crumlin Road Gaol in Belfast using handguns smuggled into prison |
1981-01-21 |
Norman Stronge and his son James (both former Ulster Unionist Members of Parliament) are assassinated by the Irish Republican Army at their home Tynan Abbey, which is then burnt down |
1981-04-09 |
Irish hunger striker Bobby Sands wins a by-election to be elected as a Member of Parliament at Westminster; the law is later changed to prevent prisoners standing in elections |
1981-05-19 |
5 British Army soldiers are killed when their armoured vehicle is ripped apart by a Provisional Irish Republican Army roadside bomb near Bessbrook, County Armagh |
1981-07-17 |
Glasdrumman ambush: the Provisional Irish Republican Army attack a British Army post in South Armagh, killing 1 soldier and injuring another |
1981-10-03 |
Irish Nationalist at Maze Prison near Belfast end 7-mo hunger strike |
1982-04-20 |
The Provisional Irish Republican Army explode bombs in Belfast, Derry, Armagh, Ballymena, Bessbrook and Magherafelt; 2 civilians are killed and 12 injured |
1982-07-20 |
Hyde Park and Regent's Park bombings: 11 British soldiers and 7 military horses killed in Provisional Irish Republican Army bomb attacks during military ceremonies in London |
1982-12-06 |
Droppin Well bombing: 11 British soldiers and 6 civilians are killed by an Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) time bomb at the Droppin' Well Bar in Ballykelly, County Londonderry |
1984-10-14 |
Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Smirnoff Ladies Irish Golf Open |
1986-04-01 |
US submarine Nathaniel Green runs aground in Irish Sea |
1986-06-27 |
In referendum, Irish uphold ban on divorce |
1986-06-28 |
Irish population condemns divorce |
1991-03-16 |
Members of Irish Gay & Lesbian Organization march in NYC parade |
1991-03-17 |
Irish Lesbians & Gays march in St Patrick Day parade |
1992-02-26 |
Irish Supreme Court rules 14 year old rape victim may get an abortion |
1992-04-11 |
Irish Republican Army bombs London financial district, killing 3 |
1993-12-15 |
British premier Major/Irish premier Reynolds signs Downing Street Declaration concerning Northern Ireland self determination |
1994-01-11 |
Irish government announces end of a 20-year broadcasting ban on IRA |
1994-08-31 |
The Provisional Irish Republican Army declares a ceasefire. |
1994-11-17 |
Irish government of Reynolds resigns |
1996-01-30 |
Gino Gallagher, the suspected leader of the Irish National Liberation Army, is killed while waiting in line for his unemployment benefit. |
1996-02-09 |
The Irish Republican Army declares the end of its 18 month ceasefire shortly followed by a large bomb in London's Canary Wharf. |
1996-03-14 |
Crufts show at NEC Birmingham, (1995 winner, Joshua, an Irish setter) |
1996-06-26 |
Irish Journalist Veronica Guerin is shot in her car while in traffic in the outskirts of Dublin |
1998-04-10 |
The Good Friday/Belfast Agreement for Northern Ireland is signed by the British and Irish goverments |
2001-10-23 |
The Provisional Irish Republican Army of Northern Ireland commences disarmament after peace talks. |
2002-02-17 |
Westlife go to No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'World Of Our Own.' The Irish boy band's 10th UK No.1 single. |
2004-05-01 |
Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia join the European Union, celebrated at the residence of the Irish President in Dublin. |
2005-07-28 |
The Provisional Irish Republican Army call an end to their thirty year long armed campaign in Northern Ireland. |
2007-01-01 |
Bulgaria and Romania officially join the European Union. Also, Bulgarian, Romanian, and Irish become official languages of the European Union, joining 20 other official languages. |
2009-10-02 |
The economic crisis in Ireland is considered to be the driving force behind the largest migration of Irish people to London in 20 years, it is reported today |
2011-02-25 |
In the Irish general election, the Fianna Fáil-led government suffered the worst defeat of a sitting government since the formation of the Irish state in 1921. |
2017-06-11 |
Tapwrit wins 149th Belmont Stakes by two lengths over Irish War Cry |
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Irish - Notable Birthdays
Irish - Birthdays
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
521-12-07 |
Saint Columba, Irish Christian missionary to Scotland (d. 597) |
1566-10-13 |
Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork, Irish politician (d. 1643) |
1606-06-16 |
Arthur Chichester, 1st Earl of Donegall, Irish soldier (d. 1675) |
1641-06-30 |
Meinhardt Schomberg, 3rd Duke of Schomberg, Irish general (d. 1719) |
1665-04-29 |
James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde, Irish statesman and soldier (d. 1745) |
1670-11-30 |
John Toland, Irish philosopher (d. 1722) |
1672-01-04 |
Hugh Boulter, Irish Archbishop of Armagh (d. 1742) |
1672-03-12 |
Richard Steele, Irish writer and politician (d. 1729) |
1680-10-19 |
John Abernethy, Irish Protestant minister (d. 1740) |
1694-08-08 |
Francis Hutcheson, Irish philosopher (d. 1746) |
1702-03-08 |
Anne Bonny, Kinsale Ireland, Irish pirate (date is approximate) |
1703-02-05 |
Gilbert Tennent, Irish-born religious leader (d. 1764) |
1713-03-29 |
John Ponsonby, Irish politician (d. 1789) |
1718-04-24 |
Nathaniel Hone, Irish-born painter (d. 1784) |
1718-04-27 |
Thomas Lewis, Irish-born Virginia settler (d. 1790) |
1719-11-23 |
Spranger Barry, Irish actor (d. 1777) |
1722-05-29 |
James FitzGerald, 1st Duke of Leinster, Irish politician (d. 1773) |
1725-09-24 |
Sir Arthur Guinness, Irish brewer (d. 1803) |
1738-12-02 |
Richard Montgomery, Irish-born soldier (d. 1775) |
1751-10-30 |
Richard Sheridan, Irish playwright (d. 1816) |
1754-01-15 |
Richard Martin, Irish animal rights activist (d. 1834) |
1762-06-01 |
Edmund Ignatius Rice, Irish founder of the Christian Brothers and Presentation Brothers (d. 1844) |
1763-01-20 |
Theobald Wolfe Tone, Irish patriot |
1763-06-20 |
Theobald Wolfe Tone, Irish nationalist |
1765-10-08 |
Harman Blennerhassett, Irish lawyer (d. 1831) |
1767-01-01 |
Maria Edgeworth, Anglo-Irish novelist (d. 1849) |
1775-08-06 |
Daniel O'Connell, Irish politician (d. 1847) |
1779-05-28 |
Thomas Moore, Irish poet (d. 1852) |
1780-04-13 |
Alexander Mitchell, Irish engineer (d. 1868) |
1782-09-25 |
Charles Robert Maturin, Irish playwright and novelist (d. 1824) |
1787-01-05 |
John Burke, Irish genealogist (Burke's Peerage) |
1788-09-12 |
Alexander Campbell, Irish/US founder (Disciples of Christ) |
1791-12-14 |
Charles Wolfe, Irish poet (d. 1823) |
1792-04-23 |
John Thomas Romney Robinson, Irish astronomer and physicist (d. 1882) |
1793-11-16 |
Francis Danby, Irish painter |
1794-02-20 |
William Carleton, Irish novelist (d. 1869) |
1797-12-03 |
Francis P Kenrick, Irish/US archbishop of Baltimore |
1798-01-15 |
Thomas Crofton Croker, Irish story teller (Fairy legends) |
1798-11-01 |
Benjamin Lee, Baronet Guinness, Irish brewer/Dublin mayor |
1805-08-04 |
William Rowan Hamilton, Irish mathematician (d. 1865) |
1806-01-25 |
Daniel Maclise, Irish painter |
1807-09-05 |
Richard Chenevix Trench, Irish Anglican clergyman and philologist (d. 1886) |
1810-03-10 |
Samuel Ferguson, Irish poet (d. 1886) |
1814-01-10 |
Aubrey de Vere, Irish writer (Victorian Observer) |
1814-08-28 |
Sheridan le Fanu, Irish writer (d. 1873) |
1816-03-07 |
James Donnelly, Irish-Canadian patriarch of the Donnelly family (Black Donnelly massacre) |
1818-04-04 |
Thomas Mayne Reid, Irish-American novelist (d. 1883) |
1820-08-02 |
John Tyndall, Leighlinbridge, County Carlow Ireland, Irish physicist who demonstrated why the sky is blue and proved that the Earth's atmosphere has a greenhouse effect |
1821-02-17 |
Lola Montez, Irish dancer (d. 1861) |
1821-03-19 |
William Allingham, Ballyshannon, County Donegal, Irish poet (The Fairies, Laurence Bloomfield in Ireland) |
1822-12-26 |
Dion Boucicault, Irish/Us actor/playwright (Rip van Winkle) |
1826-02-15 |
George J Stoney, Irish physicist |
1830-12-22 |
Justin M'Carthy, Ireland, Irish politician/novelist (Miss Misanthrope) |
1837-05-28 |
George Ashlin, Irish architect (d. 1921) |
1838-09-11 |
John Ireland, Irish/US archbishop of St Paul |
1840-03-25 |
Myles Keogh, U.S. Soldier in U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment & Irish Soldier of Fortune (d. 1876) |
1840-07-01 |
Robert S Ball, Irish mathematician/astronomer |
1840-08-17 |
Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, England, writer (Irish Land League) |
1843-01-11 |
Charles Yelverton O'Connor, Irish-Australian engineer (d. 1902) |
1843-12-21 |
Thomas Bracken, Irish-born New Zealand poet (d. 1898) |
1846-06-27 |
Charles S Parnell, English/Irish Home Rule Party-Lower house member |
1847-05-30 |
Alice Sophia Stopford Green, Ireland, proponent of Irish independence |
1847-11-08 |
Bram Stoker, Irish theater manager/author (Dracula) |
1848-01-01 |
John Goff, Irish lawyer (d. 1924) |
1851-09-04 |
John Dillon, Irish nationalist/British Lower house member |
1852-09-30 |
Charles Villiers Stanford, Irish organist/composer |
1853-10-26 |
C. Rybner, Abie's Irish Rose |
1854-02-09 |
Edward Carson, 1st Baron Carson, lawyer/leader (Irish Unionist Party) |
1856-03-20 |
Sir John Lavery, Irish artist (d. 1941) |
1857-01-06 |
Hugh Mahon, Irish-born Australian politician (d. 1931) |
1857-02-17 |
Samuel Sidney McClure, Irish-American newspaper editor/publisher |
1859-01-30 |
Tony Mullane, Irish-born American baseball player (d. 1944) |
1860-06-08 |
Alicia Boole Stott, Irish mathematician (d. 1940) |
1861-10-16 |
J. B. Bury, Irish historian (d. 1927) |
1864-04-28 |
William F A Ellison, Irish clergyman/director (Armagh Observatory) |
1864-09-01 |
Roger David Casement, Irish nationalist (Easter uprising 1916) |
1865-03-16 |
Patsy Donovan, Irish-American baseball player (d. 1953) |
1865-12-20 |
Maude Gonne, Irish nationalist (Irish Joan of Arc) |
1867-04-10 |
George William Russell, Irish nationalist (d. 1935) |
1868-02-04 |
Constance Gore-booth Markiewicy, Irish patriot/playwright/MP |
1868-06-05 |
James Connolly, Irish socialist (d. 1916) |
1869-03-27 |
James McNeill, Irish politician (d. 1938) |
1869-05-19 |
Henry Horatio Dixon, Dublin, Irish Biologist who originated the cohesion-tension theory of water and mineral movement in plants |
1869-09-23 |
Mary Mallon, Cookstown County Tyrone, Irish-American patient best known as 'Typhoid Mary' and the first person in the United States known to be immune to typhoid, as a carrier of the disease she infected at least 51 people in the New York City area |
1870-07-16 |
Lambert McKenna, Irish scholar (d. 1956) |
1871-01-08 |
James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon, Irish politician (d. 1940) |
1872-10-24 |
Peter O'Connor, Irish athlete (d. 1957) |
1873-01-10 |
Jack O'Neill, Irish-born baseball player (d. 1935) |
1873-02-01 |
John Barry, Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross (d. 1901) |
1876-04-11 |
Paul Henry, Northern Irish artist (d. 1958) |
1877-09-07 |
Mike O'Neill, Irish baseball player (d. 1959) |
1878-07-24 |
Lord Dunsany, [Edward JMD Plunkett], Irish sci-fi writer (Time & Gods) |
1879-04-20 |
Robert Lynd, Irish writer/critic (Pleasures of Ignorance) |
1879-06-09 |
Dudley Digges, Irish actor |
1879-11-10 |
Patrick Pearse, Irish political activist (d. 1916) |
1880-06-06 |
William T Cosgrave, president Irish Free state |
1881-08-24 |
Daniel Carson Goodman, Irish Eyes |
1881-12-08 |
Padraic Colum, Irish poet/novelist/poet (Collected Poems) |
1882-02-02 |
James Stephens, Irish poet (Crock of Gold) |
1882-08-05 |
Joe English, Irish/Flemish signaler (WW I) |
1882-08-25 |
Seán T. O'Kelly, Irish politician (d. 1966) |
1882-10-14 |
Éamon de Valera, NY, Irish politician and patriot, President of Ireland (1937-48, 51-54, 57-59). Died 1975 |
1882-12-17 |
R.E. Irish, The Tiger's Coat |
1883-01-07 |
Andrew Browne, Irish/British admiral (WW II) |
1884-06-14 |
John McCormack, Irish/US singer (Irish folksongs) |
1884-11-04 |
Harry Ferguson, Northern Irish aviator and inventor (d. 1960) |
1885-07-25 |
Benito Lynch, Irish/Argentine writer (Caranchos de la Florida) |
1886-06-24 |
George Shiels, Northern Irish dramatist (d. 1949) |
1887-05-01 |
Alan Gordon Cunningham, Irish/Brit gen/director of Palestine (1945-48) |
1887-05-24 |
Edward "Mick" Mannock, Irish WWI flying ace (d. 1918) |
1888-01-08 |
Matthew Moore, Irish-American actor (d. 1960) |
1888-12-07 |
Joyce Cary, Anglo-Irish (male) writer (House of Children) |
1890-03-13 |
Joseph DeVillard, Leave It to the Irish |
1890-10-16 |
Michael Collins, Sam's Cross County Cork, Irish revolutionary leader |
1891-08-29 |
Michael Chekhov, Russia, actor (Abie's Irish Rose, Rhapsody) |
1892-01-15 |
Rex Ingram, [Reginald IM Hitchcock], Irish director (4 Horsemen of Apocalypse) (d. 1950) |
1892-03-28 |
Tom Maguire, Irish republican (d. 1993) |
1893-06-09 |
Irish Meusel, American baseball player (d. 1963) |
1893-06-09 |
Irish Meusel, Slide, Kelly, Slide |
1897-09-01 |
Andy Kennedy, Irish footballer (d. 1963) |
1897-12-03 |
Kate O'Brien, Irish writer (Without My Cloak) |
1899-07-15 |
Seán Lemass, Irish leader (d. 1971) |
1900-02-22 |
Seán Ó Faoláin [John Whelan], Irish short story writer (Murder at Cobbler's Hulk) |
1900-11-19 |
Bunny Ahearne, Irish ice hockey promoter (d. 1985) |
1901-02-11 |
Roddy Connolly, Irish politician, son of James Connolly (d. 1980) |
1901-02-20 |
Cecil H King, Irish/British daily newspaper publisher (Daily Mirror) |
1901-10-28 |
Eileen Shanahan, Irish Poet (d. 1979) |
1902-01-02 |
Dan Keating, Irish republican (d. 2007) |
1902-07-20 |
Jimmy Kennedy, Irish composer (d. 1984) |
1903-07-26 |
Donovan Pedelty, Irish and Proud of It |
1903-10-06 |
Ernest Walton, Irish physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1995) |
1903-11-01 |
Max Adrian, Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Irish actor (Devils, Music Lover) |
1904-01-11 |
Frederick Boland, Irish diplomat/president (UN General Assembly) |
1904-10-21 |
Patrick Kavanagh, Irish poet (d. 1967) |
1906-04-24 |
William Joyce, Irish fascist (d. 1946) |
1906-05-28 |
Phil Regan, singer (My Wild Irish Rose) |
1907-09-12 |
Louis MacNeice, Irish poet (d. 1963) |
1907-10-28 |
John Harold Hewitt, Northern Irish poet (d. 1987) |
1908-05-10 |
Henry Diamond, Irish Nationalist MP |
1908-07-20 |
[Vincent] Mad Dog Coll, Gweedore, Irish-American mob hitman |
1909-04-30 |
F. E. McWilliam, Irish sculptor (d. 1992) |
1910-01-29 |
Colin Middleton, Irish artist (d. 1983) |
1911-10-05 |
Flann O'Brien, Irish humorist (d. 1966) |
1912-01-20 |
Christopher Casson, Irish actor (Zardoz, Educating Rita) |
1913-01-22 |
William Cardinal Conway, Northern Irish clergyman (d. 1977) |
1913-05-01 |
Kenneth O'Rourke, The Irish in America |
1914-07-30 |
Lord Killanin, Irish IOC president (d. 1999) |
1915-08-24 |
Ronald Ibbs, Irish actor (No Hiding Place, The Saint) (d. 1990) |
1917-04-11 |
Aloha Wray, Irish Luck |
1917-05-21 |
Dennis Day, Irish tenor/comedian (Jack Benny Show, Danny Boy) |
1917-08-15 |
Jack Lynch, Irish politician, fourth Taoiseach (d. 1999) |
1918-02-07 |
Markey Robinson, Northern Irish painter (d. 1999) |
1919-06-10 |
Kevin O'Flanagan, Irish athlete and physician (d. 2006) |
1919-08-15 |
Benedict Kiely, Irish author |
1920-10-12 |
Christy Ring, Irish hurler (d. 1979) |
1921-08-17 |
Maureen O'Hara [Fitzsimmons], Ranelagh, County Dublin, Irish actress and singer (Miracle on 34th St, The Quiet Man) |
1921-10-26 |
George Forrest, Northern Irish MP (d. 1968) |
1921-11-22 |
Brian Cleeve, Irish broadcaster (d. 2003) |
1921-9-10 |
Beverly Whitney, Irish Eyes Are Smiling |
1922-03-21 |
Nancy Irish, Over the Hill |
1922-06-14 |
Kevin Roche, Irish architect |
1922-12-19 |
Eamonn Andrews, Irish-born television presenter (d. 1987) |
1923-09-20 |
Geraldine Clinton Little, Irish-born poet (d. 1997) |
1923-11-03 |
Tomás Cardinal Ó Fiaich, Northern Irish clergyman (d. 1990) |
1924-07-11 |
Charlie Tully, Northern Irish footballer (d. 1971) |
1925-09-16 |
Charles Haughey, Irish president (1979-81, 82, 87-92) |
1926-02-09 |
Garret Fitzgerald, Irish Identities |
1927-02-03 |
Val Doonican, Irish singer and entertainer |
1927-07-08 |
Maurice Hayes, Irish politician |
1927-09-26 |
Robert Blackburn, Irish educationist (d. 1990) |
1928-04-20 |
Johnny Gavin, Irish footballer (d. 2007) |
1928-05-01 |
Desmond Titterington, Northern Irish racer (d. 2002) |
1928-10-29 |
Karlyn May, The Irish Gringo |
1929-01-09 |
Brian Friel, Irish dramatist |
1929-02-03 |
Val Doonican, Irish singer/entertainer |
1929-02-28 |
John Montague, Irish poet |
1929-03-18 |
Patsy Irish, Waldo's Last Stand |
1929-05-10 |
Robin Hill, 8th Marquess of Downshire, Irish peer and the Hereditary Constable of Hillsborough Fort |
1929-12-25 |
Irish McCalla, Pawnee City Neb, actress (Sheena Queen of Jungle) |
1929-12-25 |
Irish McCalla, She Demons |
1930-01-12 |
Jennifer P Johnston, Irish author (Fool's sanctuary) |
1930-02-20 |
Willie Cunningham, Northern Irish footballer |
1930-04-12 |
Patrick Edmund Pery, 6th Earl of Limerick, Irish peer and public servant |
1930-08-20 |
Micheal O'Muircheartaigh, 4th Irish Film and Television Awards |
1930-12-15 |
Edna O'Brien, Irish novelist and short story writer (Girl with Green Eyes, Casualties of Peace) |
1931-05-28 |
Stephen Birmingham, Hartford, author (Real Lace: America's Irish Rich) |
1931-07-04 |
Stephen Boyd [William Millar], Glengormley, County Antrim, Irish actor (Fantastic Voyage, Ben-Hur) |
1931-10-25 |
Jimmy McIlroy, Irish footballer and football manager |
1932-01-21 |
Tom Irish, Father's Little Dividend |
1932-10-25 |
Harry Gregg, Irish footballer and football manager |
1933-03-07 |
Jackie Blanchflower, Northern Irish footballer (d. 1998) |
1933-05-14 |
Frank Harte, Irish singer and song collector |
1933-06-28 |
Gusty Spence, Northern Irish loyalist politician |
1934-01-21 |
Audrey Dalton, Irish actress |
1934-04-25 |
Peter McParland, Northern Irish footballer |
1934-06-04 |
Seamus Elliott, Irish cyclist (d. 1971) |
1935-03-06 |
Ron Delany, Irish athlete |
1935-03-29 |
Ruby Murray, Irish pop singer (Softly Softly) |
1935-04-01 |
Lionel Schaen, Irish Christmas |
1935-07-11 |
Oliver Napier, Northern Irish politician |
1935-07-27 |
Billy McCullough, Northern Irish footballer |
1935-09-20 |
Keith J Roberts, England, writer (Irish Encounter, Ladies from Hell) |
1935-09-26 |
Joe Sherlock, Irish Labour Party politician (d. 2007) |
1936-03-15 |
David Andrews, Irish politician |
1936-04-05 |
John Kelly, Irish republican politician (d. 2007) |
1936-07-06 |
Dave Allen, Irish comedian (d. 2005) |
1937-06-01 |
Rosaleen Linehan, Irish actress |
1938-05-06 |
Larry Gogan, Irish radio personality |
1938-06-19 |
John Sheil, Northern Irish High Court judge |
1938-08-03 |
Terry "5 Wigs" Wogan, British talk show host (Irish Days) |
1940-08-17 |
Pegarty Long, An Irish Vampire in Hollywood |
1940-11-17 |
Luke Kelly, Irish folk music singer and banjo player |
1941-10-28 |
John Hallam, Irish actor |
1942-03-12 |
Christina Reid, Irish Stew |
1942-05-08 |
Terry Neill, Northern Irish footballer |
1942-09-14 |
Bernard MacLaverty, Northern Irish writer |
1943-05-22 |
Betty Williams, Northern Irish political activist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize |
1944-06-05 |
Colm Wilkinson, Irish singer |
1945-01-27 |
Mairead Corrigan-Maguire, North Irish peace activist (Nobel 1976) |
1945-01-29 |
Jim Nicholson, Irish politician |
1945-04-18 |
Margaret Hassan, Irish-born aid worker (d. 2004) |
1945-04-22 |
Alan Dukes, Irish president (Fine Gael |
1945-05-07 |
Christy Moore, Irish folk artist |
1945-07-20 |
Johnny Loughrey, Irish singer (d. 2005) |
1945-08-03 |
Eamon Dunphy, former Irish footballer |
1945-08-31 |
Van Morrison, Northern Irish musician |
1945-12-08 |
John Banville, Irish novelist and journalist |
1946-02-09 |
Séan Neeson, Northern Irish politician |
1946-04-25 |
Peter Sutherland, CEO (Allied Irish Banks) |
1946-05-04 |
John Watson, Northern Irish racecar driver |
1947-01-12 |
Matt Molloy, An Irish Evening: Live at the Grand Opera House, Belfast |
1947-03-05 |
Clodagh Rodgers, Irish singer |
1947-04-17 |
Linda Martin, Irish singer |
1947-10-26 |
Trevor Joyce, Irish poet |
1947-12-04 |
Terry Woods, Irish musician (The Pogues, Steeleye Span) |
1947-12-05 |
Tony Gregory, Irish politician |
1948-01-29 |
Pat Kenny, Irish TV presenter & radio host |
1948-01-30 |
Paul Magee, Provisional Irish Republican Army member |
1948-03-02 |
Rory Gallagher, Donegal, Irish rock guitarist and songwriter (See Here) |
1948-04-04 |
Derek Thompson, Northern Irish actor |
1948-07-23 |
John Cushnahan, Northern Irish politician |
1948-08-30 |
Donnacha O'Dea, Irish poker player and swimmer |
1948-10-06 |
Gerry Adams, Northern Irish politician |
1949-03-17 |
Pat Rice, Northern Irish footballer and football manager |
1949-03-18 |
Alex "Hurricane" Higgins, Irish snooker player (2X world-champ) |
1949-04-01 |
Sammy Nelson, Northern Irish footballer |
1949-08-06 |
Alan Campbell, Northern Irish clergyman |
1950-10-15 |
Chris De Burgh, [Davidson], Argent/Irish rock vocalist (Lady in Red) |
1950-10-17 |
Jon Stevens Alon, Irish Whiskey |
1951-02-04 |
Patrick Bergin, Irish actor |
1951-02-06 |
Margo [Margeret Catherine O'Donnell ], County Donegal Ireland, Irish singer |
1951-03-17 |
Scott Gorham, Irish hard rock guitarist (Thin Lizzy-21 Guns) |
1951-05-26 |
Madeleine Taylor-Quinn, Irish politician |
1951-06-20 |
Paul Muldoon, Northern Irish poet |
1951-10-05 |
Bob Geldof, Irish singer (The Boomtown Rats) and activist |
1952-02-25 |
Joey Dunlop, Irish motorcycle racer (d. 2000) |
1952-03-01 |
Martin O'Neill, Northern Irish footballer and manager |
1952-03-03 |
Dermot Morgan, Irish actor and comedian (d. 1998) |
1952-03-31 |
Dermot Morgan, Irish actor (d. 1998) |
1952-04-04 |
Gary Moore, Irish rock guitarist (Skid Row-Oh Pretty Woman) |
1952-04-14 |
Mickey O'Sullivan, Irish sportsman |
1952-08-04 |
Moya Brennan, Irish singer |
1953-02-15 |
Tony Adams, Irish film producer (d. 2005) |
1953-03-15 |
Richard Bruton, Irish politician |
1953-04-02 |
Jim Allister, Northern Irish politician |
1953-08-26 |
Pat Sharkey, Irish footballer |
1953-09-26 |
Dolores Keane, Irish folk singer |
1954-03-09 |
Bobby Sands, Irish IRA member and leader of the hunger strike at Maze Prison where he died (1981) |
1954-05-13 |
Johnny Logan, Irish singer and songwriter |
1954-08-02 |
Sammy McIlroy, Irish soccer star |
1955-03-27 |
Patrick McCabe, Clones County Monaghan, Irish novelist |
1955-03-28 |
John Alderdice, Northern Irish politician |
1955-03-29 |
Brendan Gleeson, Irish actor |
1955-07-06 |
William Wall, Irish writer |
1955-10-05 |
Leo Barnes, Irish saxophonist (Hothouse Flowers-I'm Sorry, Don't Go) |
1956-02-28 |
Jimmy Nicholl, Canadian-born Northern Irish footballer |
1956-04-01 |
Peter O'Toole, Irish pop bassist (Hothouse Flowers-People) |
1956-05-24 |
Michael Jackson, Northern Irish clergyman |
1956-09-02 |
Angelo Fusco, Provisional Irish Republican Army member |
1956-11-18 |
Noel Brotherston, Northern Irish footballer (d. 1995) |
1957-03-17 |
Mal Donaghy, Northern Irish footballer |
1957-09-16 |
David McCreery, Irish footballer |
1957-11-06 |
Siobhán McCarthy, Irish singer and actress |
1957-11-18 |
Seán Mac Falls, Irish-born poet |
1957-11-27 |
Kenny Acheson, Northern Irish racecar driver |
1957-12-25 |
Shane MacGowan, Irish musician |
1958-07-10 |
Fiona Shaw, Irish actress |
1958-07-16 |
Michael Flatley, Chicago Ill, Irish choreographer (Lord of Dance) |
1958-08-01 |
Adrian Dunbar, Northern Irish actor |
1958-09-18 |
John Aldridge, Irish footballer |
1958-09-25 |
Eamonn Healy, Irish chemist |
1958-10-11 |
Scott Irish, Il vizio preferito di mia moglie |
1959-03-31 |
Ali McMordie, Irish bassist (Stiff Little Fingers) |
1959-07-29 |
John Sykes, Irish hard rock guitarist (Thin Lizzy-Blue Murder) |
1959-08-04 |
John Gormley, Irish politician |
1959-10-08 |
Gavin Friday, [Fionan Hanvey], Irish singer (Virgin Prunes) |
1959-11-18 |
Jimmy Quinn, Northern Irish footballer and football manager |
1959-12-03 |
Eamonn Holmes, Northern Irish TV presenter |
1959-12-04 |
Paul McGrath, Irish footballer |
1960-02-04 |
Siobhan Dowd, British/Irish author (d. 2007) |
1961-04-07 |
Thurl Bailey, The Luck of the Irish |
1961-05-17 |
Enya [Eithne Ní Bhraonáin], Gweedore, County Donegal, Irish singer and songwriter (A Day Without Rain) |
1961-06-15 |
Dave McAuley, Northern Irish boxer |
1961-08-07 |
Walter Swimburn, Irish jockey (Derby 1981) |
1961-11-04 |
Nigel Worthington, Northern Irish footballer |
1961-12-26 |
John Lynch, Irish actor |
1962-02-12 |
Jimmy Kirkwood, Irish-born field hockey player |
1962-07-11 |
Pauline McLynn, Irish actress |
1962-09-01 |
Tony Cascarino, Irish footballer |
1963-07-29 |
Jim Beglin, Irish football commentator |
1963-08-31 |
Todd Carty, Irish actor |
1963-10-12 |
Alan McDonald, Northern Irish footballer, (d. 2012) |
1963-12-18 |
Mark Irish, Regarding Henry |
1964-01-13 |
Ronan Rafferty, Northern Irish golfer |
1964-03-26 |
Martin Donnelly, Irish racecar driver |
1964-06-12 |
Derek Higgins, Irish racing driver |
1964-07-31 |
Jim Corr, Irish singer and musician (The Corrs) |
1964-09-01 |
Ray D'Arcy, Irish DJ and TV presenter |
1964-09-25 |
Maria Doyle Kennedy, Irish actress and singer |
1964-10-31 |
Colm Ó Cíosóig, Irish drummer (My Bloody Valentine, Hope Sandoval & the Warm Inventions) |
1964-11-07 |
Liam O'Maonlai, Irish vocalist/pianist (Hothouse Flowers-I'm Sorry) |
1964-11-07 |
Liam O'Maonlai, The Irish in America: Long Journey Home |
1965-01-15 |
James Nesbitt, Northern Irish actor |
1965-05-14 |
Eoin Colfer, Irish writer |
1965-07-09 |
David O'Hara, Irish-Scottish actor |
1965-09-22 |
Andy Cairns, Irish musician |
1965-10-08 |
Ardal O'Hanlon, Irish comedian and actor |
1965-11-10 |
Eddie Irvine, Northern Irish race car driver |
1965-11-19 |
Sean Hughes, Irish comedian |
1965-11-27 |
Fiachna O'Braonain, Irish pop guitarist (Hothouse Flowers-Don't Go) |
1966-01-24 |
Jimeoin, Northern Irish comedian |
1966-03-10 |
Gráinne Mulvey, Irish composer |
1966-03-25 |
Anton Rogan, Irish footballer |
1966-10-06 |
Niall Quinn, Irish footballer |
1966-10-12 |
Brian Kennedy, Northern Irish musician and author |
1966-12-08 |
Sinéad O'Connor, Irish musician |
1968-08-11 |
Alan Kelly, England-born Irish footballer |
1968-11-18 |
Barry Hunter, Northern Irish footballer and manager |
1969-01-19 |
Steve Staunton, Irish footballer |
1969-05-06 |
Jim Magilton, Northern Irish footballer |
1969-08-29 |
Joe Swail, Northern Irish snooker player |
1969-09-17 |
Ken Doherty, Irish snooker player |
1970-01-16 |
Garth Ennis, Irish comic book author |
1970-03-26 |
Martin McDonagh, Anglo-Irish playwright and film director |
1970-03-28 |
Michelle Gildernew, Irish republican politician |
1970-04-21 |
Glen Hansard, Irish songwriter and actor |
1970-05-10 |
Perry Blake, Irish singer/songwriter |
1970-05-28 |
Glenn Quinn, Irish actor (d. 2002) |
1970-07-02 |
Steve Morrow, Irish footballer |
1970-07-07 |
Wayne McCullough, Irish boxer |
1970-08-27 |
Jeff Kenna, Irish footballer |
1970-10-10 |
Dean Kiely, Irish footballer |
1970-11-07 |
Neil Hannon, Northern Irish musician (The Divine Comedy) |
1970-11-21 |
Irish Stewart, Armageddon |
1971-01-31 |
Patrick Kielty, Northern Irish comedian |
1971-04-30 |
John Boyne, Irish novelist |
1971-05-27 |
Glenn Ross, Northern Irish strongman |
1971-06-05 |
Susan Lynch, Northern Irish actress |
1971-06-17 |
Mildred Fox, Irish politician |
1971-06-25 |
Neil Lennon, Northern Irish footballer |
1971-06-28 |
Kenny Cunningham, Irish footballer |
1971-08-02 |
Michael Hughes, Irish footballer |
1971-08-18 |
Richard D James, Irish-born musician (Aphex Twin) |
1971-08-31 |
Pádraig Harrington, Irish golfer |
1971-09-04 |
Maik Taylor, Northern Irish footballer |
1971-10-24 |
Dervla Kirwan, Irish actress |
1971-11-03 |
Dylan Moran, Irish comedian |
1972-05-31 |
Karl Geary, Irish actor |
1972-06-21 |
Neil Doak, former Irish cricketer |
1972-07-02 |
Darren Shan, Irish children's author |
1972-08-12 |
Mark Kinsella, Irish footballer |
1972-08-15 |
Mikey Graham, Dublin Ireland, Irish singer (Boyzone) |
1972-10-16 |
Stephen O'Connor, Irish amateur snooker champ (1990) |
1972-12-15 |
Stuart Townsend, Irish actor |
1972-12-30 |
Paul Keegan, Irish footballer |
1973-04-07 |
Justin Irish, Shivers |
1973-05-25 |
Maria Luisa Gambale, Black Irish |
1973-05-28 |
Ryan Tubridy, The 6th Annual Irish Film and Television Awards |
1973-06-05 |
Holger Schott, Kappert 4: Irish Brass |
1973-07-05 |
Róisín Murphy, Irish musician |
1973-09-19 |
Nick Colgan, Irish footballer |
1974-02-04 |
Sara Gibbings, Brand Irish |
1974-02-28 |
Lee Carsley, Irish footballer |
1974-05-29 |
Dan Irish, Myst III: Exile |
1974-08-24 |
Orla Fallon, Irish Vocalist for Celtic Woman |
1974-10-01 |
Keith Duffy, Dublin Ireland, Irish singer (Boyzone) |
1975-02-21 |
Peter Canning, 2nd Irish Film and Television Awards |
1975-05-01 |
Andrea Lowe, Route Irish |
1975-08-28 |
Gareth Farrelly, Irish footballer |
1975-9-25 |
Irish Braschi, I Believe in Miracles |
1976-03-17 |
Stephen Gately, Dublin Ireland, Irish singer (Boyzone) |
1976-03-25 |
Francis Bellew, Irish Gaelic footballer |
1976-03-30 |
Mark McClelland, Northern Irish musician (Degrassi) |
1976-04-20 |
Shay Given, Irish footballer |
1976-04-24 |
Steve Finnan, Irish footballer |
1976-05-25 |
Cillian Murphy, Irish actor |
1976-05-31 |
Colin Farrell, Dublin, Irish actor (In Bruges, Minority Report) |
1976-06-03 |
Enda Markey, Irish/Australian entertainer |
1976-06-15 |
Gary Lightbody, Northern Irish musician (Snow Patrol) |
1976-07-03 |
Shane Lynch, Dublin Ireland, Irish singer (Boyzone) |
1976-07-07 |
Dominic Foley, Irish footballer |
1976-07-14 |
Kirsten Sheridan, Irish film director and screenwriter |
1976-10-20 |
Luke Anton Wilson, Irish American Ninja |
1976-10-25 |
Steve Jones, Irish footballer |
1976-12-08 |
Naimee Coleman, Irish singer and songwriter |
1977-01-04 |
Dan Shanahan, Irish hurler |
1977-01-04 |
Tim Wheeler, Irish singer (Ash) |
1977-02-01 |
Kevin Kilbane, Irish footballer |
1977-02-16 |
Ian Clarke, Irish computer programmer |
1977-03-03 |
Ronan Keating, Bayside Dublin Ireland, Irish singer (Boyzone) |
1977-03-16 |
Donal Óg Cusack, Irish hurler |
1977-04-26 |
Chris Johnston, Irish rugby player |
1977-05-22 |
Seán Óg Ó hAilpín, Irish hurler |
1977-06-06 |
David Connolly, Irish footballer |
1977-08-10 |
Danny Griffin, Northern Irish footballer |
1977-08-11 |
Gemma Hayes, Irish born singer |
1977-08-31 |
Ian Harte, Irish footballer |
1977-09-30 |
Roy Carroll, Northern Irish footballer |
1977-12-06 |
Paul McVeigh, Irish footballer |
1977-12-13 |
Peter Stringer, Irish rugby union footballer |
1978-01-01 |
Phillip Mulryne, Northern Irish footballer |
1978-01-11 |
Michael Duff, Northern Irish footballer |
1978-01-31 |
Ray Shah, Irish DJ, TV, radio presenter |
1978-04-04 |
Alan Mahon, Irish footballer |
1978-05-17 |
Paddy Kenny, Irish goalkeeper |
1978-06-12 |
Shiloh Strong, Irish Twins |
1978-07-18 |
Shane Horgan, Irish rugby player |
1978-07-23 |
Stuart Elliott, Northern Irish footballer |
1978-08-08 |
Alan Maybury, Irish footballer |
1978-08-21 |
Alan Lee, Irish footballer |
1978-09-22 |
Ed Joyce, Irish-English cricketer |
1978-10-05 |
Shane Ryan, Irish Gaelic footballer |
1978-10-08 |
Mick O'Driscoll, Irish rugby player |
1978-10-09 |
Nicky Byrne, Irish musician (Westlife) |
1978-10-10 |
Aaron Fishman, Black Irish |
1978-10-20 |
Paul Wilson, Irish bass player (Snow Patrol) |
1978-11-18 |
Damien Johnson, Northern Irish footballer |
1979-01-05 |
Ronnie O'Brien, Irish footballer |
1979-01-21 |
Brian O'Driscoll, Irish rugby union footballer |
1979-02-19 |
Clinton Morrison, Irish footballer |
1979-03-02 |
Damien Duff, Irish footballer |
1979-03-23 |
Donncha O'Callaghan, Irish International rugby player |
1979-04-01 |
Alexandre Bilardo, The Irish Fisherman |
1979-05-06 |
Nikki Hayes, Irish radio personality |
1979-05-14 |
Clinton Morrison, English-born Irish footballer |
1979-06-19 |
John Duddy, Northern Irish boxer |
1979-07-05 |
Shane Filan, Irish musician (Westlife) |
1979-07-30 |
Graeme McDowell, Northern Irish golfer |
1979-08-05 |
David Healy, Northern Irish footballer |
1979-09-01 |
James O'Connor, Irish footballer |
1979-09-05 |
George O'Callaghan, Irish footballer |
1979-09-21 |
Richard Dunne, Irish footballer |
1979-10-20 |
Paul O'Connell, Irish rugby player |
1979-11-01 |
Henry Shefflin, Irish hurler |
1979-11-08 |
Aaron Hughes, Northern Irish footballer |
1979-11-22 |
Chris Doran, Irish singer |
1979-12-05 |
Gareth McAuley, Northern Irish footballer |
1979-12-09 |
Stephen McPhail, Irish footballer |
1979-12-31 |
Elaine Cassidy, Irish actress |
1980-01-14 |
Clive Clarke, Irish footballer |
1980-01-17 |
Gareth McLearnon, Northern Irish flautist |
1980-02-11 |
Cormac McAnallen, Northern Irish Gaelic footballer (d. 2004) |
1980-04-12 |
Brian McFadden, Irish Singer |
1980-04-29 |
Kian Egan, Irish singer (Westlife) |
1980-05-28 |
Mark Feehily, Irish musician (Westlife) |
1980-07-08 |
Robbie Keane, Irish footballer |
1980-08-24 |
Austin James, Luck of the Irish |
1981-01-01 |
Jonas Armstrong, Irish actor |
1981-01-17 |
Warren Feeney, Northern Irish footballer |
1981-02-13 |
Liam Miller, Irish footballer |
1981-02-18 |
Ivan Sproule, Irish footballer |
1981-03-16 |
Andrew Bree, Irish swimmer |
1981-03-27 |
Terry McFlynn, Northern Irish footballer |
1981-04-29 |
George McCartney, Northern Irish footballer |
1981-04-30 |
John O'Shea, Irish footballer |
1981-07-01 |
Tadhg Kennelly, Irish-born Australian Rules footballer |
1981-07-20 |
Damien Delaney, Irish footballer |
1981-08-01 |
Stephen Hunt, Port Laoise, Irish footballer |
1982-02-10 |
Keith Dunne, Irish footballer |
1982-02-25 |
Chris Baird, Irish footballer |
1982-06-04 |
Jamie Dornan, Irish model and actor |
1982-06-18 |
Sean Conant, Irish-American artist |
1982-09-16 |
Michael McCall, Irish chemist |
1982-09-29 |
Rob Smith, Irish musician and songwriter |
1982-10-12 |
Molly Bennett, Irish singer |
1983-01-18 |
Samantha Mumba, Irish singer and actress |
1983-03-15 |
Daryl Murphy, Irish footballer |
1983-03-29 |
Niall McCarthy, The Irish in America: Long Journey Home |
1983-03-31 |
Paddy McCarthy, Irish footballer |
1983-07-22 |
Teressa Diaz-Hennessey, Irish Twins |
1983-07-30 |
Sean Dillon, Irish footballer |
1983-09-07 |
Philip Deignan, Irish cyclist |
1983-09-12 |
Carly Smithson, Irish singer |
1983-09-18 |
Kevin Doyle, Irish footballer |
1983-10-31 |
Katy French, Irish model (d. 2007) |
1983-12-04 |
Eric Laugel, Irish Twins |
1984-06-11 |
Andy Lee, Irish Boxer |
1984-07-12 |
Michael McGovern, Northern Irish footballer |
1984-10-20 |
Andrew Trimble, Northern Irish rugby player for Irish rugby team |
1984-12-08 |
Badr Hari, Dutch kickboxer, Niall Brennan, Irish Legend. |
1984-12-14 |
Chris Brunt, Northern Irish footballer |
1984-12-21 |
Darren Potter, Irish football player |
1985-01-01 |
Steven Davis, Northern Irish footballer |
1985-02-01 |
Dean Shiels, Northern Irish footballer |
1985-03-03 |
Sam Morrow, Northern Irish footballer |
1985-04-12 |
Paul Murphy, Irish footballer |
1985-06-15 |
Nadine Coyle, Northern Irish singer (Girls Aloud) |
1985-08-05 |
Wilson Better, Black Irish |
1985-08-10 |
Roy O'Donovan, Irish footballer |
1985-09-17 |
Brendan Clarke, Irish Soccer Player with St. Patrick's Athletic |
1985-11-25 |
Dillon White, An Irish Exorcism |
1986-01-06 |
Paul McShane, Irish footballer |
1986-02-17 |
Joey O'Brien, Irish footballer |
1986-05-16 |
Andy Keogh, Irish footballer (Wolverhampton Wanderers) |
1986-09-14 |
Alan Sheehan, Irish footballer |
1987-01-30 |
Rebecca Knox, Irish professional wrestler |
1987-02-09 |
Joe O'Cearuill, Irish footballer |
1987-08-29 |
Tony Kane, Irish footballer |
1987-09-13 |
Luke Fitzgerald, Irish rugby union footballer |
1987-10-25 |
Darron Gibson, Irish football player |
1987-11-17 |
Darren McKillion, Northern Irish sportsman |
1987-11-29 |
Stephen O'Halloran, Irish footballer |
1988-01-02 |
Jonny Evans, Northern Irish footballer |
1988-01-07 |
Robert Sheehan, Irish actor |
1988-01-12 |
Chris Casement, Irish footballer |
1988-02-04 |
Eoin McDowell, Irish rugby player |
1988-03-05 |
Trevor Carson, Northern Irish footballer |
1988-07-25 |
Anthony Stokes, Irish footballer |
1988-09-13 |
Keith Treacy, Irish footballer |
1989-02-06 |
Craig Cathcart, Irish footballer |
1989-10-13 |
Clay Kincaid, Luck of the Irish |
1991-02-28 |
Sarah Bolger, Irish actress |
1991-08-16 |
Evanna Lynch, Irish actress |
1993-09-13 |
Niall Horan, Mullingar County Westmeath, Irish Pop singer (One Direction) |
1994-04-12 |
Saoirse Ronan, Irish actress |
Irish - Notable Weddings
Irish - Weddings
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1884-05-29 |
Irish writer Oscar Wilde marries Constance Lloyd at St. James Church, Paddington, London |
1896-06-01 |
Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw (41) marries Charlotte Frances Payne-Townshend (41)in Covent Garden, London. |
1917-10-21 |
Irish poet and playwright William Butler Yeats (52) weds Georgie Hyde-Lees (25) |
1931-07-04 |
Irish writer (Ulysses) James Joyce and Nora Barnacle finally marry in London registry office after meeting in 1904. |
1936-09-12 |
"first Irish movie star" actress Maureen O'Sullivan (25) weds film director John Farrow (32) |
2005-11-02 |
Irish TV and radio presenter Sile Seoige (26) weds Glen Mulcahy at St. Brendan's Church in County Offaly |
2011-12-09 |
"Nothing Compares 2 U" singer Sinead O'Connor (45) weds Irish therapist Barry Herridge (38) at the Little White Chapel in Las Vegas |
Irish - Notable Deaths
Irish - Deaths
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
546-09-09 |
St. Ciarán of Clonmacnoise, Irish bishop |
570-01-15 |
Saint Ita, Irish nun (b. 475) |
583-05-16 |
Saint Brendan, Irish navigator (b. 484) |
615-11-23 |
Columbanus, Irish monastery founder/poet/saint (Poenitentiale), dies |
651-08-31 |
Saint Aidan of Lindisfarne, Irish bishop and missionary |
1171-05-01 |
Dermot MacMurrough, last Irish King of Leinster, dies |
1567-06-02 |
Shane O'Neill, Irish chieftain |
1616-07-20 |
Hugh O'Neill, 3rd Earl of Tyrone, Irish soldier |
1643-09-15 |
Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork, Irish politician (b. 1566) |
1656-03-21 |
Armagh James Ussher, Irish Archbishop of Armagh (claimed world began 4004 BC), dies at 76 |
1667-08-13 |
Jeremy Taylor, Irish author and bishop (b. 1613) |
1675-03-18 |
Arthur Chichester, 1st Earl of Donegall, Irish soldier (b. 1606) |
1680-07-30 |
Thomas Butler, Earl of Ossory, Irish naval commander (b. 1634) |
1680-08-24 |
Thomas Blood, Irish-born thief of the British crown jewels (b. 1618) |
1681-07-01 |
Oliver Plunkett, Irish saint (b. 1629) |
1691-08-14 |
Richard Talbot, 1st Earl of Tyrconnel, Irish rebel (b. 1630) |
1691-12-30 |
Robert Boyle, Irish scientist (b. 1627) |
1706-04-10 |
Arthur Chichester, 3rd Earl of Donegall, Irish soldier (b. 1666) |
1707-04-29 |
George Farquhar, Irish dramatist (b. 1678) |
1711-06-07 |
Henry Dodwell, Irish theologian (b. 1641) |
1719-07-05 |
Meinhardt Schomberg, 3rd Duke of Schomberg, Irish general (b. 1641) |
1721-09-20 |
Thomas Doggett, Irish actor |
1722-03-11 |
John Toland, Irish philosopher (b. 1670) |
1722-04-13 |
Charles Leslie, Irish controversialist, dies |
1738-03-25 |
Turlough O'Carolan, Irish harper and composer (b. 1670) |
1742-09-27 |
Hugh Boulter, Irish Archbishop of Armagh (b. 1672) |
1745-11-16 |
James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde, Irish statesman and soldier (b. 1665) |
1746-05-22 |
Thomas Southerne, Irish dramatist (b. 1660) |
1751-04-19 |
Peter Lacy, Irish-born Russian Field marshal (b. 1678) |
1764-07-23 |
Gilbert Tennent, Irish-born religious leader (b. 1703) |
1773-11-19 |
James FitzGerald, 1st Duke of Leinster, Irish politician (b. 1722) |
1774-04-04 |
Oliver Goldsmith, Irish poet (She Stoops to Conquer), dies at 17 |
1774-07-11 |
Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet, Irish-born New York pioneer |
1777-01-10 |
Spranger Barry, Irish actor (b. 1719) |
1782-04-22 |
Anne Bonny, Irish pirate, dies in prison (date is approximate) |
1784-04-26 |
Nano Nagle, Irish convent founder (b. 1718) |
1784-08-14 |
Nathaniel Hone, Irish-born painter (b. 1718) |
1788-10-13 |
Robert Nugent, 1st Earl Nugent, Irish politician and poet (b. 1702) |
1789-12-12 |
John Ponsonby, Irish politician (b. 1713) |
1790-01-31 |
Thomas Lewis, Irish-born Virginia settler (b. 1718) |
1794-09-04 |
John Hely-Hutchinson, Irish statesman (b. 1724) |
1798-11-19 |
Theobald W Tone, Irish nationalist, dies |
1803-01-23 |
Arthur Guinness, Irish brewer (b. 1725) |
1803-06-24 |
Matthew Thornton, Irish/US physician/signer (Decl of Ind), dies at 88 |
1803-09-20 |
Robert Emmet, Irish nationalist, executed |
1806-07-11 |
James Smith, Irish/US attorney/signer (Decl of Ind), dies at 87 |
1816-07-07 |
Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Irish playwright and politician (b. 1751) |
1833-06-02 |
Simon Byrne, Irish bare-knuckle prize fighter (b. 1806) |
1837-01-11 |
John Field, Irish pianist/composer (Nocturnes), dies at 54 |
1844-08-29 |
Edmund Ignatius Rice, Irish founder of the Christian Brothers and Presentation Brothers (b. 1762) |
1850-08-06 |
Edward Walsh, Irish poet (b. 1805) |
1852-02-25 |
Thomas Moore, Irish poet and musician, dies aged 72 |
1856-03-11 |
James Beatty, Irish railway engineer (b. 1820) |
1861-01-17 |
Lola Montez, Irish-born adventurer (b. 1821) |
1862-05-21 |
John Drew, Irish-born American actor (b. 1827) |
1863-07-08 |
Francis P Kenrick, Irish/US archbishop of Baltimore, dies at 65 |
1865-04-09 |
Thomas Alfred Smyth, Irish/US Union general-major, dies at 32 |
1866-03-04 |
Alexander Campbell, Irish/US founder Disciples of Christ, dies at 77 |
1866-10-26 |
John Kinder Labatt, Irish-Canadian brewer (Labatt Brewing Company) (b. 1803) |
1868-05-26 |
Michael Barrett, Irish nationalist, last British public execution |
1869-01-30 |
William Carleton, Irish novelist (b. 1794) |
1869-08-31 |
Mary Ward, Irish scientist, first automobile accident victim (b. 1827) |
1871-02-20 |
Paul Kane, Irish-born painter (b. 1810) |
1873-02-07 |
Sheridan Le Fanu, Irish writer (b. 1814) |
1880-03-02 |
Sir John MacNeill, Irish civil engineer (b. 1790) |
1881-11-07 |
John MacHale, Irish Archbishop (Tuam) and writer (b. 1791) |
1883-05-26 |
Edward Sabine, Irish astronomer (b. 1788) |
1883-10-22 |
Thomas Mayne Reid, Irish-American novelist (b. 1818) |
1885-11-26 |
Thomas Andrews, Irish physicist/chemist (ozone), dies at 71 |
1886-08-09 |
Samuel Ferguson, Northern Irish poet and artist (b. 1810) |
1889-11-18 |
William Allingham, Irish poet (Day & Night Songs), dies at 68 |
1890-09-18 |
Dion Boucicault, Irish/US actor/playwright (Octoroon), dies at 67 |
1891-10-06 |
Charles S Parnell, English/Irish Home Rule Party leader, dies at 45 |
1893-12-04 |
John Tyndall, Irish physicist who demonstrated why the sky is blue and proved that the Earth's atmosphere has a greenhouse effect, dies at 73 |
1900-05-31 |
John Power, Irish baronet/whiskey manufacturer, dies in battle |
1900-11-30 |
Oscar Wilde, Irish author, dies in Paris at 46 |
1901-01-08 |
John Barry, Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross (b. 1873) |
1901-02-21 |
George Francis FitzGerald, Irish mathematician (b. 1851) |
1905-09-19 |
Thomas John Barnardo, Irish philanthropist (b. 1845) |
1907-08-03 |
August Saint-Gaudens, Irish/US sculptor (Mrs Henry Adams), dies at 59 |
1909-03-24 |
John Millington Synge, Irish dramatist/playwright/poet, dies at 37 |
1911-07-05 |
George J Stoney, Irish physicist, dies at 85 |
1912-04-20 |
Bram Stoker, Irish theater manager/writer (Dracula), dies at 64 |
1913-11-25 |
Robert S Ball, Irish mathematician/astronomer (Ball Screw), dies |
1916-01-08 |
Ada Rehan, Irish-born American actress (b. 1860) |
1916-05-04 |
Joseph Mary Plunkett, Irish revolutionary (b. 1887) |
1916-05-12 |
James Connolly, Irish socialist (b. 1868) |
1916-08-03 |
Sir Roger Casement, an Ulster Protestant and ardent Irish nationalist, executed by the British at 51 |
1917-07-31 |
Francis Ledwidge, Irish poet (b. 1881) |
1917-09-25 |
Thomas Ashe, Irish revolutionary (b. 1885) |
1918-08-31 |
Joe English, Irish/Flemish signaler (WW I), dies at 36 |
1918-09-25 |
John Ireland, Irish/US archbishop of St Paul, dies at 80 |
1922-02-03 |
John Butler Yeats, Northern Irish artist (b. 1839) |
1922-07-07 |
Cathal Brugha, Chief of Staff of Irish Republican Army (b.1874) |
1922-08-12 |
Arthur Griffith, Irish nationalist/president (Sinn Fein), dies |
1922-08-22 |
Michael Collins, Irish nationalist leader, killed in ambush |
1924-03-19 |
Charles Villiers Stanford, Irish composer/author, dies at 71 |
1924-03-29 |
Charles Villiers Stanford, Irish composer/writer, dies at 71 |
1924-05-26 |
Victor Herbert, Irish/US cellist/composer/conductor, dies at 65 |
1927-02-06 |
Sam Maguire, Irish Republican and Gaelic footballer (b. 1879) |
1927-03-13 |
Helen Howard, My Wild Irish Rose |
1927-06-01 |
J. B. Bury, Irish historian (b. 1861) |
1927-07-10 |
Kevin O'Higgins, Irish Free State VP, assassinated |
1927-08-04 |
John Dillon, Irish nationalist/British Lower house leader, dies at 75 |
1929-01-21 |
C. Rybner, Abie's Irish Rose |
1931-08-27 |
Frank Harris, Irish author and editor (b. 1856) |
1933-01-21 |
George A. Moore, Irish novelist (b. 1852) |
1934-12-03 |
Charles James O'Donnell, Irish politician (b. 1849) |
1935-07-17 |
George William Russell, Irish nationalist, poet and artist (b. 1867) |
1936-12-31 |
William FA Ellison, Irish clergyman/astronomer, dies at 72 |
1938-11-11 |
Mary Mallon, Irish-American patient best known as 'Typhoid Mary' and the first person in the United States known to be immune to typhoid, dies at 69 |
1939-01-28 |
William Butler Yeats, Irish poet (Nobel), dies in France at 73 |
1939-03-07 |
John Jules Barrish, Irish writer (b. 1885) |
1940-12-17 |
Alicia Boole Stott, Irish mathematician (b. 1860) |
1941-01-10 |
Sir John Lavery, Northern Irish artist (b. 1856) |
1942-09-02 |
Tom Williams, Irish republican (b. 1924) |
1944-04-25 |
Tony Mullane, Irish-born American baseball player (b. 1859) |
1945-09-16 |
John McCormack, Irish singer (Irish national anthem/folk songs), dies |
1947-01-04 |
Forrest Reid, Irish author/critic (Young Tom, Apostate), dies at 71 |
1947-04-04 |
William O'Donnell, Irish politician (b. ?) |
1947-05-19 |
Frank Orsatti, The Irish in Us |
1948-02-23 |
John Robert Gregg, Irish-born publisher and inventor (b. 1866) |
1949-09-19 |
George Shiels, Irish dramatist (b. 1886) |
1949-10-06 |
Robert Lynd [YY], Irish writer/critic (News Chronicle), dies at 70 |
1950-09-13 |
Sara Allgood, Irish actress (Jane Eyre, Spiral Staircase), dies at 56 |
1950-11-02 |
George Bernard Shaw, Irish author (Pygmalion), dies at 94 |
1950-12-26 |
James Stephens, Irish poet (Crock of Gold), dies at 68 |
1951-12-23 |
Benito Lynch, Irish/Argentine writer (Palo Verde), dies at 66 |
1953-12-20 |
Henry Horatio Dixon, Irish Biologist (cohesion-tension theory in plants), dies at 84 |
1953-12-25 |
Patsy Donovan, Irish-born American baseball player (b. 1865) |
1955-09-30 |
Michael Chekhov, actor (Rhapsody, Abie's Irish Rose), dies at 64 |
1956-12-27 |
Lambert McKenna, Irish editor and lexicographer. (b. 1870) |
1957-05-16 |
Daniel Carson Goodman, Irish Eyes |
1957-11-09 |
Peter O'Connor, Irish athlete (b. 1872) |
1958-08-24 |
Paul Henry, Northern Irish artist (b. 1876) |
1959-03-02 |
Eric Blore, actor (Abie's Irish Rose, Love Happy), dies at 70 |
1959-05-16 |
Elisha Scott, Northern Irish footballer (b. 1894) |
1959-08-12 |
Mike O'Neill, Irish-born American baseball player (b. 1877) |
1960-03-09 |
Jack Beattie, Northern Irish politician (b. 1886) |
1962-04-14 |
R.E. Irish, The Tiger's Coat |
1963-03-01 |
Irish Meusel, American baseball player (b. 1893) |
1963-03-01 |
Irish Meusel, Slide, Kelly, Slide |
1963-06-12 |
Andrew Browne, Irish/British admiral (Cape Matapan, WW II), dies at 80 |
1963-11-22 |
C. S. Lewis [Clive Staples], Irish author (Silver Chair), dies at 64 |
1964-03-20 |
Brendan Behan, Irish writer/poet, dies at 41 |
1964-09-18 |
Sean O'Casey, Irish playwright (The Plough and the Stars), dies at 84 |
1965-09-26 |
James Fitzmaurice, Irish aviation pioneer (b. 1898) |
1966-04-01 |
Flann O'Brien, Irish humorist (b. 1911) |
1967-11-30 |
Patrick Kavanagh, Irish screenwriterr (Great Hunger), dies |
1968-12-10 |
George Forrest, Northern Irish MP (b. 1921) |
1970-01-05 |
Cyril Fagan, Irish astrologer (b. 1896) |
1972-01-12 |
Padraic Colum, Irish poet/writer/founder (Irish Review), dies at 90 |
1973-01-19 |
Max Adrian, Irish actor (Boy Friend), dies of a heart attack at 69 |
1973-02-22 |
Elizabeth Bowen, Anglo-Irish novelist (Cat Jumps), dies in Lond at 73 |
1974-08-13 |
Kate O'Brien, Irish writer (Pray for the Wanderer), dies at 76 |
1975-08-29 |
Eamon de Valera, Irish president (1937..59), dies at 92 |
1976-03-02 |
Max Golden, The Luck of the Irish |
1976-12-04 |
W. F. McCoy, Northern Irish politician (b. 1886) |
1977-04-17 |
William Cardinal Conway, Northern Irish clergyman (b. 1913) |
1977-06-02 |
Stephen Boyd, Irish actor, dies of heart attack at 45 |
1979-01-28 |
Eileen Shanahan, Irish Poet (b. 1901) |
1979-03-02 |
Christy Ring Irish hurler (b. 1920) |
1980-11-22 |
Norah McGuinness, Northern Irish painter (b. 1901) |
1981-05-21 |
Patsy O'Hara, Irish hunger striker (b. 1957) |
1981-05-21 |
Raymond Mccreesh, Irish hunger striker (b. 1957) |
1981-09-06 |
Christy Brown, Irish author (b. 1932) |
1981-11-14 |
Robert Bradford, Northern Irish footballer (b. 1941) |
1982-06-15 |
Neil Fitzgerald, Irish actor (Bride of Frankenstein), dies at 90 |
1982-08-14 |
Patrick Magee, Irish actor (Clockwork Orange, King Lear), dies at 60 |
1983-12-23 |
Colin Middleton, Northern Irish artist (b. 1910) |
1986-01-04 |
Phil Lynott, Irish rock musician (Thin Lizzy), dies of overdose at 34 |
1986-04-29 |
Seamus McElwaine, Irish IRA-terrorist, killed at 25 |
1986-10-26 |
Joseph DeVillard, Leave It to the Irish |
1987-08-28 |
John Huston, US/Irish actor/director (Maltese Falcon), dies at 81 |
1988-01-15 |
Sean MacBride, Ireland, commander of Irish Republican Army, dies at 83 |
1988-12-07 |
Peter Langan, Irish restaurateur (Langans London), dies in fire |
1989-03-12 |
Donovan Pedelty, Irish and Proud of It |
1989-12-22 |
Samuel Beckett, Irish/French writer (Molloy, Nobel 1969), dies at 83 |
1990-04-13 |
Ronald Ibbs, Irish actor, dies at 74 |
1990-05-08 |
Tomas O'Fiach, [Tomas Seamus Fee], Irish cardinal-archbishop, dies |
1990-07-16 |
Robert Blackburn, Irish educationist (b. 1927) |
1991-01-24 |
John M. Kelly, Irish politician and academic (b. 1931) |
1991-04-20 |
Sean O'Faolain, [J Whelan], Irish writer (Nest of Simple), dies at 91 |
1992-01-09 |
William JF "Bill" Naughton, Irish/Brit playwright (Alfie), dies at 81 |
1992-04-28 |
Francis Bacon, Irish/British abstract painter, dies at 82 |
1992-05-13 |
F. E. McWilliam, Northern Irish sculptor (b. 1909) |
1995-05-06 |
Noel Brotherston, Northern Irish footballer (b. 1956) |
1995-06-14 |
Rory Gallagher, Irish rock guitarist (See Here), dies at 47 |
1995-12-25 |
Jimmy Boucher, cricketer (great Irish all-rounder 1929-54), dies |
1996-02-11 |
Bob Shaw, Irish science fiction writer, dies of cancer at 64 |
1996-02-12 |
Bob Shaw, Northern Irish novelist (b. 1931) |
1996-05-07 |
Henry Diamond, Irish Nationalist MP, dies at 87 |
1997-01-31 |
John Joseph Scanlan, Irish Catholic prelate (b. 1930) |
1997-06-19 |
Kenneth O'Rourke, The Irish in America |
1997-12-27 |
Billy Wright, Irish Protestant paramilitary leader (b. 1960) |
1998-02-28 |
Dermot Morgan, Irish actor and comedian (b. 1952) |
1998-06-23 |
Maureen O'Sullivan, Irish actress (b. 1911) |
1998-09-02 |
Jackie Blanchflower, Irish footballer (b. 1933) |
1998-10-10 |
Tommy Quaid, Irish hurler (b. 1957) |
1999-01-11 |
Brian Moore, Irish-born writer (b. 1921) |
1999-01-28 |
Markey Robinson, Irish painter (b. 1918) |
1999-02-08 |
Iris Murdoch, Irish author (b. 1919) |
1999-04-25 |
Lord Killanin, Irish International Olympic Committee president (b. 1914) |
1999-08-23 |
James White, Northern Irish writer (b. 1928) |
2000-07-02 |
Joey Dunlop, Irish motorcycle racer (b. 1952) |
2001-06-03 |
Karlyn May, The Irish Gringo |
2001-11-29 |
Mic Christopher, Irish singer and songwriter (b. 1969) |
2002-02-01 |
Irish McCalla, She Demons |
2002-02-27 |
Spike Milligan, Irish comedian (b. 1918) |
2002-04-13 |
Desmond Titterington, Northern Irish racecar driver (b. 1928) |
2002-10-17 |
Derek Bell, Irish harpist (The Chieftans) (b. 1935) |
2002-10-25 |
Richard Harris, Irish actor (A Man Called Horse, This Sporting Life) and singer (MacArthur Park) dies of Hodgkin's disease at 72 |
2002-12-03 |
Glenn Quinn, Irish actor (b. 1970) |
2003-02-25 |
Tom O'Higgins, Irish Chief Justice (b. 1916) |
2003-03-11 |
Brian Cleeve, Irish author (b. 1921) |
2003-04-26 |
Max Nicholson, Irish environmentalist (b. 1904) |
2003-07-28 |
Lady Valerie Goulding, Irish politician and activist (b. 1918) |
2004-03-02 |
Cormac McAnallen, Northern Irish Gaelic footballer (b. 1980) |
2004-05-11 |
Mick Doyle, Irish rugby union footballer and coach |
2004-06-14 |
Eamonn McGirr, Irish-born singer and entertainer |
2004-10-28 |
Jimmy McLarnin, Northern Irish-born boxer (b. 1907) |
2004-11-16 |
Margaret Hassan, Irish-born aid worker (b. 1945) |
2005-01-07 |
Eileen Desmond, Irish politician (b. 1932) |
2005-02-17 |
Dan O'Herlihy, Irish actor (b. 1919) |
2005-03-10 |
Dave Allen, Irish comedian (b. 1936) |
2005-04-13 |
Johnny Loughrey, Irish singer (b. 1945) |
2005-05-23 |
Nancy Irish, Over the Hill |
2005-06-27 |
Frank Harte, Traditional Irish Singer and song collector |
2005-07-17 |
Geraldine Fitzgerald, Irish-born actress (b. 1913) |
2005-09-08 |
Noel Cantwell, Irish cricketer and footballer (b. 1932) |
2005-10-22 |
Tony Adams, Irish film producer (b. 1953) |
2006-01-01 |
Hugh McLaughlin, Irish publisher and inventor (b. 1918) |
2006-03-28 |
Proinsias Ó Maonaigh, Irish musician (b. 1922) |
2006-05-26 |
Kevin O'Flanagan, Irish athlete and physician (b. 1919) |
2007-01-03 |
Michael Yeats, Irish Fianna Fáil senator 1961-1981 and son of W.B. Yeats (b. 1921) |
2007-01-08 |
David Ervine, Northern Irish politician (b. 1953) |
2007-02-17 |
Dermot O'Reilly, Irish-born Canadian musician, producer and songwriter (b. 1943) |
2007-06-24 |
Derek Dougan, Northern Irish footballer (b. 1938) |
2007-07-25 |
Lionel Schaen, Irish Christmas |
2007-08-01 |
Tommy Makem, Irish folk singer (b. 1932) |
2007-08-21 |
Siobhan Dowd, British/Irish writer (b. 1960) |
2007-09-20 |
Johnny Gavin, Irish footballer (b. 1928) |
2007-10-02 |
Dan Keating, Irish politician (b. 1902) |
2007-11-03 |
Martin Meehan, Irish republican (b. 1945) |
2007-12-06 |
Katy French, Irish Supermodel and Socialite (b. 1983) |
2007-12-11 |
Christie Hennessy, Irish singer (b. 1945) |
2007-12-26 |
Joe Dolan, Irish singer and entertainer (b. 1943) |
2008-01-01 |
Peter Caffrey, Irish actor (b. 1949) |
2008-01-09 |
William Quinn, Irish Republican Army soldier (b. 1950) |
2008-04-12 |
Patrick 'Paddy' Hillery, 6th President of Ireland, EEC Commissioner and Irish Minister (b. 1923) |
2008-05-09 |
Nuala O'Faolain, Irish journalist (b. 1942) |
2008-05-15 |
Robert Dunlop, Northern Irish motorcycle racer, younger brother of Joey Dunlop (b. 1960) |
2008-07-09 |
Séamus Brennan, Irish politicain (b. 1948) |
2008-09-07 |
Patsy Irish, Waldo's Last Stand |
2009-07-19 |
Frank McCourt, Irish-American author. (b. 1930) |
2009-09-14 |
Darren Sutherland, Irish boxer (b. 1982) |
2009-10-10 |
Stephen Gately, Irish singer (Boyzone) (b. 1976) |
2009-12-03 |
Richard Todd, Irish-born British actor (b. 1919) |
2010-04-30 |
Gerry Ryan, Irish radio broadcaster (b. 1956) |
2010-05-26 |
Kieran Phelan, Irish senator (b. 1949) |
2010-07-24 |
Alex Higgins, Northern Irish snooker player (b. 1949) |
2011-02-06 |
Gary Moore, Irish musician (b. 1952) |
2011-05-19 |
Garret FitzGerald, Irish politician and former Taoiseach (b. 1926) |
2011-05-19 |
Garret Fitzgerald, Irish Identities |
2011-06-10 |
Brian Lenihan, Jnr, Irish Politician (b. 1959) |
2011-07-09 |
Beverly Whitney, Irish Eyes Are Smiling |
2012-01-09 |
Bridie Gallagher, Irish singer, dies at 87 |
2012-02-12 |
David Kelly, Irish actor, dies at 82 |
2012-03-20 |
Jim Stynes, Irish Australian rules footballer, dies from cancer at 45 |
2012-06-23 |
Alan McDonald, Northern Irish footballer, dies from an apparent heart attack at 48 |
2012-07-30 |
Maeve Binchy, Irish novelist, dies at 72 |
2013-06-05 |
Ruairí Ó Brádaigh, Irish politician, dies at 80 |
2013-08-30 |
Seamus Heaney, Irish poet and playwright (Nobel Prize in Literature) |
2013-10-08 |
Philip Chevron, Irish musician, dies from esophageal cancer at 56 |
2013-12-14 |
Peter O'Toole, Irish actor, dies at 81 |
2015-05-31 |
Christina Reid, Irish Stew |
2016-03-10 |
Irish Olympian, Jim McNamara dies aged 76 |
2016-03-16 |
Glenroe star Robert who 'left lasting legacy for Irish actors' dies aged 88 |
2016-05-03 |
Basil Blackshaw Northern Irish Painter Dies Age 83 |
2016-05-15 |
Irish golfing great Christy O'Connor Snr dies aged 91 |
2016-07-01 |
Leland Bardwell, a leading light of the Irish literary scene, dies aged 94 |
2017-01-06 |
Irish Olympic track runner Frank Murphy dies aged 69 |
2017-01-15 |
Renowned Irish actor and director Barry Cassin dies, aged 92 |
2017-10-17 |
Irish comedian Sean Hughes dies at age 51 |
