September

House of Lords rejects Second Home Rule Bill

September 09, 1893

The newly elected Daíl Éireann meets to frame its constitution and elects William T. Cosgrave President of the Executive Committee

September 09, 1922

Jim Clark became the (then) worlds youngest F1 motor racing champion.

September 09, 1963

Poet and Nationalist C M Grieve (Hugh MacDiarmid) died.

September 09, 1978

Earliest verifiable date of a Viking invasion of Ireland in Dunrally

September 09, 872

William Wallace seizes high ground above Stirling Bridge and bars route of invading English in battle the following day.

September 10, 1297

On September 10, 1297 William Wallace seizes high ground above Stirling Bridge and bars route of invading English in the The Battle of Stirling Bridge the following day.

Battle of Connor. Major victory for Edward Bruce in his invasion of Ulster

September 10, 1315

English defeated Scots at Battle of Pinkie Cleugh, near Edinburgh. The battle was sparked by English demands that Edward VI of England (aged, 10) should marry Mary Queen of Scots (aged, 5) an event known as the Rough Wooing. It is estimated that, 15,000

September 10, 1547

Red Hugh ODonnell dies in Simancas, Spain; evidence suggests he was poisoned by an English spy

September 10, 1602

Oliver Cromwell seizes Drogheda

September 10, 1641

The Freemans Journal is founded in Dublin by Charles Lucas

September 10, 1763

Birth of Mungo Park at Foulshiels, near Selkirk. He became an explorer and doctor who charted the course of the River Niger.

September 10, 1771