September

Birth of Lord Roger of Earlsferry, Lord Justice General.

September 18, 1944

47 miners were killed at Auchengeich Colliery, Lanarkshire when the bogies carrying them to work ran into smoke, 1,000 feet below ground.

September 18, 1959

Death of Sean O’Casey in England.

September 18, 1964

Having been funded by a bequest from Jonathan Swift, St Patricks Hospital for the insane, Dublin, is opened

September 19, 1757

The Great North of Scotland Railway opened, running from Aberdeen to Huntly.

September 19, 1854

Parnell delivers his famous speech at Ennis in which he introduces the term for non-violent protest - boycotting. Parnell asked his audience, What are you to do with a tenant who bids for a farm from which another has been evicted? Several voices replie

September 19, 1880

Charles Stewart Parnell (June 27, 1846 - October 06, 1891) was an Irish political leader and one of the most important figures in 19th century Ireland and the United Kingdom; William Ewart Gladstone …

Kate Coll and Juan Vivion de Valera are married in St. Patricks Church, Greenville, New Jersey. Just over a year later the couple give birth to Eamon

September 19, 1881

David Christopher Davies, leading Welsh geologist died.

September 19, 1885

Sean Keating, painter, is born in Limerick

September 19, 1889

Death of Dr. Thomas Barnardo. Dublin-born Barnardo opened his first home for destitute boys in Stepney in 1870

September 19, 1905

The Enniskillen Protestants defeat Jacobite forces at Boyle, Co. Roscommon

September 20, 1689

Prince Charles Edward Stuart escaped capture by sailing to France aborad the French ship LHeureux.

September 20, 1746