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calendar 1946

Birth of Gerry Adams

October 06, 1946

calendar 1928

Death of Galway man Pádraic Ó Conaire, who was among the first writers to develop a new modern literature in the Irish language

October 06, 1928

calendar 1928

Maeve Kyle, athlete and hockey player, is born in Kilkenny

October 06, 1928

calendar 1903

Ernest Thomas Sinton Walton is born at Dungarvan, Co. Waterford. He and Sir John Douglas Cockcroft were awarded the 1951 Nobel Prize in Physics for their pioneer work on the transmutation of atomic nuclei by artificially accelerated atomic particles

October 06, 1903

calendar 1901

Birth of C. S. Todd Andrews, revolutionary and public servant, in Dublin

October 06, 1901

calendar 1891

Death of Charles Stewart Parnell, champion of tenants rights and co-founder of the Land League; often called the Uncrowned King of Ireland

October 06, 1891

calendar 1798

Grattan removed from Irish Privy Council, falsely charged with being a sworn member of United Irishmen

October 06, 1798

calendar 1216

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

calendar 1175

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

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