October

Eoin O Grownley, Irish language scholar, dies

October 10, 1899

Labour won the General Election with an overall majority of three seats and Harold Wilson became Prime Minister.

October 10, 1974

Brian O Nolan (Flann OBrien Myles na g Copaleen) - Irish writer born

October 10, 1907

Twentieth century Irish humorous writer. Under the name Flann OBrien, he published a series of novels that have attracted a wide following for their bizarre humour and Modernist metafiction.

Letter from Wallace and Moray to the mayors of Lubeck and Hamburg saying that The Kingdom of Scotland has, by Gods Grace, recovered by battle from the power of the English.

October 11, 1297

Ship Great Michael launched for King James IV.

October 11, 1511

Massacre at Wexford when the town falls to Cromwell

October 11, 1649

John Asgill, newly elected MP for Enniscorthy, is expelled from the Irish parliament on this date on account of a pamphlet he published in Dublin in 1698, arguing that man may pass into eternal life without dying. The pamphlet is burned by the common hang

October 11, 1703

Birth of James Barry, painter, in Cork

October 11, 1741

The British fleet, under the command of Admiral Adam Duncan (born in Forfar in, 1731), defeated the Dutch off the village of Camperdown, Holland

October 11, 1797

Birth of writer Brian ONolan aka Myles na gCopaleen and perhaps better known as Flann OBrien

October 11, 1911

Anglo-Irish negotiations open with Griffith and Collins leading the Irish delegation

October 11, 1921

The Irish Constitution for the Free State, drafted by the Thomas Cosgrove Dáil, is adopted

October 11, 1922