Highlighted Events from September

Mon 21 Sep 1170

MacMurrough and the Normans march on the Norse kingdom of Dublin, avoiding an Irish force that awaits them to the south of it. Dublin falls to them on this date. Some Norsemen, including the king of Dublin, Askulv, flee to the Hebrides or the Isle of Man

Tue 10 Sep 1771

Birth of Mungo Park at Foulshiels, near Selkirk. He became an explorer and doctor who charted the course of the River Niger.

Sun 02 Sep 1731

Birth of Sir Lucius OBrien, opposition politician, once described as a man who disagrees with the rest of mankind by thinking well of himself

Tue 05 Sep 1724

In the guise of an Irish Patriot , M. B. Drapier, Jonathan Swift publishes Drapier Letter III - one of a series of letters designed to incite the people against a new coinage