October

Scotlands first First Minister Donald Dewar died suddenly after a fall on the steps of his official residence in Edinburgh.

October 11, 2000

Archbishop Rinuccini arrives in Ireland

October 12, 1645

Peter Drake, soldier and memoir author, is born in Co. Meath

October 12, 1671

French fleet intercepted off Donegal. Wolfe Tone captured when The Hoche strikes its colors

October 12, 1798

When the Rising occurred in May, 1798 another French fleet of 1,000 troops under the command of General Humbert landed at Killala, County Mayo where they were met by the numerically superior forces of …

Ramsay MacDonald, first Labour Prime Minister of UK, born in Lossiemouth.

October 12, 1866

Jerome Connor, sculptor, is born near Anascaul, Co. Kerry

October 12, 1876

Birth in Portrush of Fred Daly, the only Irishman to win a golf major - the British Open in 1947

October 12, 1911

Birth of Magnus Magnusson, writer, broadcaster and question master in TV programme Mastermind.

October 12, 1929

Poynings lands at Howth and summons a parliament to Drogheda. He then campaigns in the north

October 13, 1494

Battle of Aberdeen, James Graham,, 1st Marquess of Montrose, sacked the city.

October 13, 1644

Birth of Allan Ramsay, painter and son of Allan Ramsay the poet.

October 13, 1713

William Conolly resigns as Speaker

October 13, 1729

William Conolly resigns as Speaker of the Irish House of Commons on grounds of ill health.