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Total results: 17

Rangers win the European Cup Winners Cup in Barcelona.

William Trevor (Cox), prolific short story-writer and novelist is born in Mitchelstown, Co. Cork. He has written over 30 works including The Story of Lucy Gault which was short-listed for the 2002 Booker Prize

Actor and comedian Stanley Baxter born.

Actress, Siobhan McKenna is born

1st parliament for Northern Ireland is elected

Conscription to the armed forces began for the first time.

Creighton Hale, actor, is born in Cork

Robert Cunningham Graham born. Son of a Scottish laird, he organised the Scottish Labour Party with Kier Hardie, wrote over, 30 travel books and was elected first president of the Scottish National Party.