January 01, 1892
The first immigrant to pass through Ellis Island, the famous immigration processing center in the United States, was Annie Moore, a 15-year-old girl from County Cork, Ireland.
January 01, 1880
Gretta Bowen, also known as Greta Bowen, was an self taught Irish artist who was born in Dublin in 1880.
January 01, 1871
The “Irish Church Act” is often a reference to the Irish Church Act 1869, which was also known as the Disestablishment Act.
January 01, 1862
Harland & Wolff is a well-known shipyard located in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
January 01, 1801
Under the terms of the Union, which came into effect on 1 January 1801, the Irish Parliament was abolished; Ireland was given 100 MPs at Westminster whilst the Irish peerage were represented in the …
George Benn, (1801–1882), businessman and historian of Belfast, was born on 1 January 1801 at Tandragee, Co.
January 01, 1790
James Wills (1 January 1790 – November 1868) was an Irish writer and poet.
January 01, 1767
Maria Edgeworth (1 January 1768 – 22 May 1849) was a prolific Anglo-Irish novelist of adults’ and children’s literature.
January 01, 1710
Charles O’Conor, (Irish: Séarlas Ó Conchubhair Donn; 1 January 1710 – 1 July 1791)
January 01, 1602
Hugh O’Neill, 2nd earl of Tyrone, byname the “Great Earl”, (born c.
January 02, 1920
Recruitment for the Black and Tans began in January of 1920 during the Irish War of Independence.
January 02, 1910
James Joyce, the Irish author and literary figure best known for works like “Ulysses” and “A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man,” left for Italy in October 1907.
