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Britains worst train disaster at Quintinshill (near Gretna Green) in which three trains collided, with the loss of, 227 lives. A troop train carrying the Seventh Royal Scots Regiment hit a staionary train and the night express from London then hit the wr

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The Lusitania is sunk by a German U-boat off the Old Head of Kinsale, Co. Cork with the loss of more than 1,100 lives

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Walter Macken, novelist, born in Galway

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Death of John Holland, from Liscannor, Co. Clare, designer of the first submarine

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Home Rule Act on Statute Book but is suspended for the duration of World War

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Prime Minister Asquith offers a compromise on Home Rule electors in the North

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Easter Uprising Arms Arrive

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Actor Archie Duncan (known for his portrayal of Sherlock Holmes) born Glasgow.

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