September

Death of Thomas Davis, revolutionary, poet, and political theorist

September 16, 1845

David Livingstone discovered Lake Nyasa.

September 16, 1859

Fenian newspaper, Irish People, ceases publication

September 16, 1865

Birth in Dublin of John Pius Boland, nationalist politician and Irelands first Olympic gold medalist

September 16, 1870

Trevor G. McVeagh, cricket, hockey, squash and tennis player, is born in Athboy, Co. Meath

September 16, 1906

Charles Haughey, Fianna Fáil leader and Taoiseach, is born in Castlebar, Co. Mayo

September 16, 1925

John Holwell, surgeon and survivor of Black Hole of Calcutta is born in Dublin

September 17, 1711

Prince Charles Edward Stuart took up residence at the Palace of Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh.

September 17, 1745

Bonnie Prince Charles enters Edinburgh while a bagpiper plays - The King Shall Enjoy His Own Again

September 17, 1745

The Jacobite cause was still supported by many Highland Clans, both Catholic and Protestant, and the Catholic Charles hoped for a warm welcome from these clans to start an insurgency by Jacobites …

3000 French troops depart for Ireland from Brest

September 17, 1798

David Dunbar Buick was born at, 26 Green Street, Arbroath. He emigrated to the USA with his parents at the age of two. Although he founded the Buick Manufacturing Company which later became General Motors, it was William C. Durant who grew the company.

September 17, 1854

David Hughes Parry, Welsh educator and language activist, born

September 17, 1893

David Hughes Parry, also known as Sir David Hughes Parry, was born on September 17, 1893.