December 01, 1494
Poynings’ Law is a piece of legislation that was enacted in 1494 in the Parliament of Ireland during the reign of King Henry VII of England.
December 01, 1768
First Edition The first edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica was published in Edinburgh and Glasgow, Scotland.
December 01, 1787
The first lighthouse in Scotland was established at Kinnaird Head in Fraserburgh.
December 01, 1848
The paddle steamer The Londonderry, with immigrants fleeing the Great Hunger, takes shelter in Derry harbour.
December 01, 1889
Michael Joseph Hayes (1 December 1889 – 11 July 1976) was an Irish Fine Gael politician who served as Ceann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann from 1922 to 1932, Minister for Foreign Affairs from August 1922 …
December 01, 1890
The Irish Parliamentary Party (IPP) debates that took place in 1890.
December 01, 1935
Llewelyn Powys (13 August 1884 – 2 December 1939) was a British essayist, novelist and younger brother of John Cowper Powys and T.
December 02, 1791
Henry Flood (1732 – 2 December 1791) was an Irish statesman and Lord Chief Justice of the King’s Bench for Ireland.
December 02, 1802
Sir Dominic John Corrigan, 1st Baronet (2 December 1802 – 1 February 1880), the renowned Irish physician and cardiologist, was born on December 1, 1802, in Thomas Street, Dublin, Ireland.
December 02, 1805
William Thompson (2 December 1805 – 17 February 1852) was an Irish naturalist celebrated for his founding studies of the natural history of Ireland, especially in ornithology and marine biology.
December 02, 1811
The Kildare Place Society, is a Church of Ireland primary school (a national school) in Rathmines, a suburb of Dublin, Ireland was formed in 1811.
December 02, 1848
Mary Slessor, the Scottish Presbyterian missionary, was born on December 2, 1848, in Gilcomston Aberdeen, Scotland.