August 25

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Prince George, killed when his flying boat crashed into Eagles Rock in Caithness

Ramsay MacDonald formed a National Government.

Actor Sean Connery born.

Birth in Belfast of Brian Moore who is best known for his novel The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne

Birth of Sean O Ceallaigh, Irelands second president

Robert Lloyd Praeger, botanist and writer, is born in Holywood, Co. Down

Eugene OGrowney, priest and Irish-language revivalist, is born in Ballyfallon, Co. Meath

James Watt, developer of steam power, died.

Birth in Glasgow of Alan Pinkerton, founder of the Chicago-based detective agency which bears his name.

The British capture Robert Emmet

Humbert takes Ballina after token resistance by Government forces

Last Pagan sacrifice conducted publicly in the Celtic world, at Loch Maree, Scotland

Philosopher David Hume died.

Henry Flood, MP for Callan, kills James Agar, MP for Tulsk, in a duel

James Hope, a member of the United Irishman, is born in Templepatrick, Co. Antrim

Edward Worcester, Earl of Glamorgan, is sent to Ireland to raise troops for the king

Richard de Clare (Strongbow) marries MacMurroughs daughter Aoife, as part of an agreement made two years earlier

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