October

Most of United Free Church merged with Church of Scotland.

October 04, 1929

Battle of the Largs - Norwegians abandon invasion of ScotlandBattle of the LargsNorwegians abandon invasion of Scotland leaving ships and wounded on the beach.

October 05, 1263

To defeat the Scottish attempt to detach the Western Isles from Norway, Haakon of Norway intended to invade the Central Lowland.

Parliament meets at the new parliament house in College Green for the first time

October 05, 1731

Balloon flight by Italian aeronaut Vincenzo Lunardi from Heriots School, Edinburgh to Ceres in Fife.

October 05, 1785

Leslie Montgomery, comic writer under the pseudonym Lynn C. Doyle, is born in in Downpatrick, Co. Down

October 05, 1873

New York Gaelic Society is formed

October 05, 1878

Birth of Brian O’Nolan, aka Flann O’Brien and Myles na gCopaleen in Strabane, Co. Tyrone

October 05, 1911

Birth of Philip Berrigan - militant priest, Virginia, Minn

October 05, 1923

John Joe Barry, athlete who is known as the Ballincurry Hare, is born

October 05, 1924

Frank Patterson, tenor, is born in Clonmel, Co. Tipperary

October 05, 1938

Under the Treaty of Windsor, concluded on this date, Rory OConnor recognizes Henry as his overlord and agrees to collect tribute for him from all parts of Ireland. Henry agrees that OConnor can be king of the areas not conquered by the Normans. But OCo

October 06, 1175

The union of the diocese of Glendalough with that of Dublin, having been promulgated by Pope Innocent III last year, is confirmed by Pope Honorius III

October 06, 1216