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Total results: 18

A spectacular blaze at Bells Brae, Edinburgh, destroyed the premises of one of Britains largest theatrical costumiers

Viscount Cunningham, British admiral issued his command Sink, burn and destroy; let nothing pass

Éamon de Valera is elected Taoiseach

John McDermott, Lord Justice of Appeal for Northern Ireland, is born

John MacLean, socialist revolutionary, tried in the High Court for sedition

Irish Patriot, Thomas Kent, is executed at Cork Detention Barracks

Austin Clarke, considered to be the greatest poet of his generation after Yeats, is born

The Dublin International Exhibition opens in Earlsfort Terrace