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Eamon de Valera is returned as Taoiseach

Death of Michael Davitt, Father of the Irish Land League. He was born at the height of the Great Famine. At four, his family was evicted and forced to emigrate to England. He joined the Fenians in 1865, became organizing secretary and was arrested in 18

Death of Thomas Chalmers, first Moderator of the Free Church of Scotland.

Daniel OConnell is fined and sentenced to 12 months in prison for conspiracy

Micheal William Balfe, one of Ireland’s greatest composers, gives his first public performance, aged nine

During the election for Co. Wexford, two of the candidates, William Congreve Alcock and John Colclough, fight a duel in front of the county sheriff, 16 magistrates and a large crowd of spectators. Alcock shoots Colclough dead; he is elected; he is also tr

Following the massacre of Kingsboroughs militiamen and yeomanry at Oulart on 27 May, rebels capture Enniscorthy and Wexford town

Belfasts first Catholic church, St. Marys, opens for public worship