Home /calendar /august /August 28, 1929On August 28, 1929 in Celtic HistoryHealth and efficiency becomes the very first publication banned by the irish free stateShare : More From This Daycalendar 1969Welsh Office approves limited use of bilingual road signs in WalesAugust 28, 1969calendar 1896Birth of Liam OFlahertyAugust 28, 1896calendar 1877Charles Stewart Parnell becomes president of Home Rule ConfederationAugust 28, 1877calendar 1872The first horse drawn tram cars enter service in BelfastAugust 28, 1872calendar 1860Napiers and Deasys Land Acts are passedAugust 28, 1860calendar 1815Mary Letitia Martin, Princess of Connemara, novelist, philanthropist and daughter of Humanity Dick Martin is born in Ballynahinch Castle, Co. GalwayAugust 28, 1815calendar 1814Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, novelist and journalist, is born in DublinAugust 28, 1814calendar 1798Cornwallis reaches Athlone; Humbert entrenches in CastlebarAugust 28, 1798calendar 1788Sir Aubrey de Vere, poet, is born in Adare, Co. LimerickAugust 28, 1788calendar 1788James Digges La Touche, banker and philanthropist, is born in DublinAugust 28, 1788calendar 1741Earl of Wintoun died, aged, 100.August 28, 1741calendar 1710A board of trustees for linen manufacture is establishedAugust 28, 1710
