September

John Martin, revolutionary, transportee and politician, is born near Newry, Co. Down

September 08, 1812

Thomas Nicholas Burke, Dominican friar, preacher and lecturer, is born in Galway

September 08, 1830

A conference of the Tenant League in Dublin adopts a policy of independent opposition in Parliament

September 08, 1852

Poet, educator and eventual Easter Rising rebel Patrick Pearse opens St. Ednas school for boys (Scoil Eanna), combining new European theories of education with a focus on the glory of the Gaelic past

September 08, 1908

Birth of Desmond Guinness, author and conservationist

September 08, 1931

Founding of Fine Gael Party

September 08, 1933

James IV of Scotland killed in the Battle of Flodden.

September 09, 1513

The Battle of Flodden or Flodden Field was fought in northern England on September 09, 1513, between an invading Scots army under King James IV and an English army commanded by Thomas Howard.

Mary Queen of Scots crowned at Stirling Castle.

September 09, 1543

Birth of painter Alexander Naysmyth in Edinburgh.

September 09, 1758

30,000 punds is allocated to establish national system of elementary education in Ireland

September 09, 1831

The arrival of the potato blight in Ireland is reported in the Dublin Evening Post

September 09, 1845

The last day of the Tenant League Conference in Dublin

September 09, 1852