October

Michael Collins is born in Clonakilty, Co. Cork

October 16, 1890

Poet George Mackay Brown born.

October 16, 1921

City of Glasgow Fighter Squadron (No, 602) shoots down the first enemy aircraft over Britain after an attack on the River Forth.

October 16, 1939

Former Secretary of State for Scotland, Michael Forsyth born.

October 16, 1954

Henry II, fearful that Strongbow will grow too powerful in Ireland, lands at Waterford with an army

October 17, 1171

Battle of Nevilles Cross during which King David II was captured by the English.

October 17, 1346

In a duel at Mullingar, Arthur Rochfort, MP for Co. Westmeath, shoots Dillon Pollard Hampson in the stomach, he recovers

October 17, 1738

William Smith O'Brien, Young Irelander, born in Dromoland, Co. Clare

October 17, 1803

James Paraffin Young obtained a patent for the extraction of paraffin from shale, starting the chemical industry in West Lothian.

October 17, 1850

The Irish Nationalist League is founded

October 17, 1882

John Dillon announces Plan of Campaign for Irish tenants against unfair rents.

October 17, 1886

An Irish nationalist politician who sat in parliament for Tipperary, and was one of the leaders of Young Ireland.

Bridge to the Isle of Skye opened.

October 17, 1995