Ireland

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Birth of John Aloysius Costello, Ireland’s third Taoiseach

ireland

Death of Charles Stewart Parnell, champion of tenants rights and co-founder of the Land League; often called the Uncrowned King of Ireland

ireland

The Land Purchase Act further facilitates tenants purchase of acreage from former landlords and establishes a board to purchase and redistribute land at a local level in the west

ireland

The first ever Irish musical comedy, The Irish Girl, written by Percy French and William Collisson, is staged at the Queen’s Theatre, Dublin

ireland

Edward Ned Daly, one of the leaders of the Easter Rising, is born in Limerick

ireland

A proposal for the penalty kick is accepted by the Football Association. It is the brainchild of Armaghs William McCrum and is championed by his colleague in the Irish Association, Jack Reid

ireland

Michael Collins is born in Clonakilty, Co. Cork

ireland

Death of journalist and republican John Boyle O’Reilly

ireland