September

Sir Richard Griffith, geologist and civil engineer, is born in Dublin

September 20, 1784

Robert Emmet, Irish patriot executed by England.

September 20, 1803

Robert Emmet (1778-1803) was a member of the United Irishmen and refused to accept the Act of Union (1801) between Great Britain and Ireland.

Robert Emmet, Irish patriot, is executed in Dublin. Emmet becomes a hero of Irish nationalists, largely on the basis of his stirring speech from the dock - Let no man write my epitaph ...When my country takes her place among the nations of the earth, then,

September 20, 1803

Sir James Dewar, inventor of the vacuum flask, born in Kincardine-on-Forth.

September 20, 1842

Birth in Carron, Co. Clare of Michael Cusack, GAA founder

September 20, 1847

Anna Catherine Parnell, Irish patriot, dies

September 20, 1911

Republican newspapers are banned by English

September 20, 1918

Black and Tans raid Balbriggan, Co. Dublin

September 20, 1920

Kevin Barry is captured

September 20, 1920

Construction began on the Forth Road Bridge

September 20, 1958

Construction of the Forth Road Bridge in Scotland began on September 20, 1958

Liner Queen Elizabeth II launched at John Browns shipyard at Clydebank.

September 20, 1967

Paul McCartney, one of the Beatles, was arrested for possession of marijuana at his farm in the Mull of Kintyre, Scotland.

September 20, 1972