August 30

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Liz McColgan won the World Athletics Championship, 10,000 metres in Tokyo by a margin of, 20 seconds.

The Chamber of Commerce calls for Ireland to adopt Greenwich Mean Time — 25 minutes behind Irish Standard Time

Scottish born Hubert Cecil Booth patented his design for a vacuum cleaner which sucked in the dust and retained it by means of a filter.

National synod of Catholic bishops begins at Maynooth; they renew condemnation of Queens Colleges and condemn Trinity College

Michael Banim, storywriter, dies; along with his brother John

Birth of golf course designer Dr Alister Mackenzie; he was responsible for Augusta National and Cypress Point, among others.

Birth of Feargus Edward O’Connor, Chartist leader

The Cork Examiner, now The Irish Examiner, hits the streets for the first time

James Wilson - Scottish patriot, died

All registered Catholic priests in Ireland are required to renounce the claims of the Stuarts to the thrones of England and Ireland

Penal Laws passed in 1695 restricting Catholics rights are strengthened for the second time

First siege of Limerick ends

Lord Sussex, is sworn in as Lord Deputy

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