Ireland

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George M. Cohan, Born

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Sir Robert McCarrison, medical scientist, is born in Portadown, Co. Armagh

ireland

Sinéad de Valera, née Flanagan; teacher and writer, is born in Balbriggan, Co. Dublin

ireland

First Tay rail bridge opens. It was to collapse, 18 months later in the Tay Bridge Disaster.

ireland

Thomas MacDonagh, patriot, poet, critic and scholar, is born in Cloughjordan, Co. Tipperary

ireland

A firedamp explosion at Blantyre Colliery killed, 207 miners.

ireland

Charles Stewart Parnell becomes president of Home Rule Confederation

ireland

Minority of Home Rulers begin obstruction tactics in Commons

ireland