Birth of poet patrick kavanagh in inishkeen, co. monaghan

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The Queen officially opened the Burrell Collection in Glasgows Pollok Country Park. The museums collection had been donated to the city nearly, 40 years earlier by the shipping magnate Sir William Burrell.

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Douglas Hydes Casadh an tSúgán - The Twisting of the Rope - is presented at The Gaiety Theatre in Dublin and becomes the first staged Irish-language play

October 21, 1901

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Irish National Land League founded in Dublin.

October 21, 1879

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October 21, 1803

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