August

William Corbet, United Irishman and soldier, is born in Ballythomas, Co. Cork

August 17, 1779

George MacKenzie, Scottish patron of books, died.

August 17, 1741

The Battle of Preston (17 August ? 19 August 1648), fought largely at Walton-le-Dale near Preston in Lancashire, resulted in a victory by the troops of Oliver Cromwell over the Royalists and Scots commanded by Hamilton. The Parliamentarian victory presage

August 17, 1648

The Battle of Preston in which Duke of Hamilton at the head of an army of, 20,000 crossed into England in support of Charles I.

Red Hackle wins Intercontinental Highland Gathering, Toronto, Canada, 1974.

August 18, 1944

Tay Road Bridge opened.

August 18, 1966

Birth of David Moriarty, Catholic Bishop of Kerry and opponent of nationalism, in Kilcarah, Co. Kerry

August 18, 1814

William Boyd of Kilmarnock, Scottish Jacobite leader, executed by the English

August 18, 1746

William Boyd (1704-1746), 4th Earl of Kilmarnock, was a Scottish nobleman.

James Caulfeild, 4th Viscount and 1st Earl of Charlemont; soldier and nationalist, is born in Dublin

August 18, 1728

Death of James Fitzgerald, rebel leader

August 18, 1579

Graham Obree, from Irvine in Ayrshire, broke the world record and became the world pursuit cycle champion over, 4,000 metres in Hamar, Norway.

August 19, 1994

Scottish aviator Jim Mollinson landed after the first East-West solo flight of the Atlantic from Portmarnock, Ireland to Pennfield, New Brunswick.

August 19, 1932

Birth of poet Francis Ledwidge in Slane, Co. Meath

August 19, 1887