August 12, 1804
James Whiteside, a prominent Irish lawyer, orator, and judge who would later become the Lord Chief Justice of Ireland, was born on August 12, 1804, in Delgany, County Wicklow, Ireland.
August 12, 1796
Kilmainham Gaol in Dublin, one of Ireland’s most infamous prisons, received its first prisoners on August 12, 1796.
August 12, 1689
The Relief of Derry in 1689 was a significant event during the Williamite War in Ireland and is remembered as a major victory for the Williamite forces against the Jacobites.
August 12, 1652
Oliver Cromwell (April 25, 1599 – September 03, 1658) was an English military leader and politician.
August 12, 1646
Archbishop Giovanni Battista Rinuccini, an Italian cleric and papal nuncio to the Irish Confederate Catholics during the 1640s, played a significant role in the Irish Confederate Wars.
August 12, 1332
The Battle of Dupplin Moor took place on August 11-12, 1332, near Perth in Scotland.
August 13, 1974
Kate O’Brien, a renowned Irish novelist and playwright, died on August 13, 1974.
August 13, 1947
The Health Act of 1947 in Ireland was a landmark piece of legislation that significantly expanded the role of local authorities, particularly county councils, in the provision of health services.
August 13, 1898
The first issue of Workers’ Republic, a socialist newspaper edited by James Connolly, was published on August 13, 1898.
August 13, 1888
John Logie Baird, the Scottish engineer and inventor who is widely recognized as the developer of the first working television system, was born on August 13, 1888, in Helensburgh, Scotland.
August 13, 1887
In 1882, the assassination of two high-ranking British officials in Dublin’s Phoenix Park—Lord Frederick Cavendish, the newly appointed Chief Secretary for Ireland, and Thomas Henry Burke, the …
August 13, 1881
The first issue of United Ireland, a Parnellite weekly newspaper, was published on August 13, 1881.
