Scotlands first passenger railway opened (between glasgow and garnkirk).

September 27th , 1831

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Singer Barbara Dickson, born.

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The, 80,000-ton liner Queen Elizabeth, then the largest passenger ship ever built, launched at John Browns shipyard, Clydebank.

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Tim OKeeffe, publisher, is born in Kinsale, Co. Cork

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Last public speech of Parnell-Irish statesman at Creggs Co. Galway Ireland

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Patrick Darcy, scientist and soldier, is born in Kitulla, Co.Galway

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An act for encouraging Protestant strangers and others to inhabit and plant in the kingdom of Ireland is passed in the Irish Parliament under Charles II

September 27, 1662

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