Humber leaves ballina bound for castlebar. he takes an indirect route through the mountains

August 26th , 1798

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German aircraft bomb a creamery at Campile, Co. Wexford; three women are killed

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Re-election of Éamon de Valera President of Dáil Éireann. He is proposed and seconded by Commandant Sean MacEoin and General Richard Mulcahy — both of whom later line up against him in the Civil War

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Also known as The Great Dublin Lockout, the Dublin Transport Strike, led by Jim Larkin and James Connolly, begins

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Lord Dunraven forms the Irish Reform Association to campaign for some devolution; the following December, unionists form a United Unionist Council to resist Dunravens plan

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John Buchan, Novelist and statesman, born in Perth.

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