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George Townshend, 4th Viscount Townshend, becomes Lord Lieutenant of Ireland

George Townshend, 4th Viscount Townshend, becomes Lord Lieutenant of Ireland

October 14, 1767

Edmond Sexton Pery is unanimously re-elected as Speaker of the Irish parliament

Edmond Sexton Pery is unanimously re-elected as Speaker of the Irish parliament

October 14, 1783

First steamboat tested on Dalswinton Loch by Patrick Miller and William Symington.

First steamboat tested on Dalswinton Loch by Patrick Miller and William Symington.

October 14, 1788

Wolfe Tone visits Belfast for the first time

Wolfe Tone visits Belfast for the first time

October 14, 1791

Birth of author and patriot, Thomas Osborne Davis in Mallow, Co. Cork

Birth of author and patriot, Thomas Osborne Davis in Mallow, Co. Cork

October 14, 1814

First issue of The Nation published

First issue of The Nation published

October 14, 1842

Nationalist and Gaelic League activist, Mary Ellen Spring-Rice is born

Nationalist and Gaelic League activist, Mary Ellen Spring-Rice is born

October 14, 1880

Eyemouth Fishing Disaster, nearly, 20 boats and, 129 men (1 in, 3 of the towns male population) lost their lives in a storm.

Eyemouth Fishing Disaster, nearly, 20 boats and, 129 men (1 in, 3 of the towns male population) lost their lives in a storm.

October 14, 1881

Eamon de Valera, nationalist campaigner, Fianna Fáil leader, Taoiseach and president of Ireland, is born in Brooklyn, NY of a Spanish father and an Irish mother

Eamon de Valera, nationalist campaigner, Fianna Fáil leader, Taoiseach and president of Ireland, is born in Brooklyn, NY of a Spanish father and an Irish mother

October 14, 1882

Tipperary IRA man, Sean Treacy, is killed in a gun battle in Talbot Street, Dublin

Tipperary IRA man, Sean Treacy, is killed in a gun battle in Talbot Street, Dublin

October 14, 1920

Strikes, marches and protests are held in Belfast against low unemployment payments, temporarily uniting Catholic and Protestant unemployed

Strikes, marches and protests are held in Belfast against low unemployment payments, temporarily uniting Catholic and Protestant unemployed

October 14, 1932

German submarine sank HMS Royal Oak in Scapa Flow, Orkney, with the loss of, 810 lives.

German submarine sank HMS Royal Oak in Scapa Flow, Orkney, with the loss of, 810 lives.

October 14, 1939

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