British parliament proposes conscription in ireland

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Yann Ber Kalloch, a great Breton poet dies in the First World War

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Campobello New Brunswick Irish-American Fenians attack Campobello Island from Eastport, Maine; they are persuaded to leave by British warships and US agents

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calendar 1865

Oliver Sheppard, sculptor, is born in Cookstown, Co. Tyrone

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Fr. Theobald Mathew, with the support of William Martin, a quaker, founds the total abstinence movement in Cork

April 10, 1838

calendar 1816

Birth of Sir Charles Gavan Duffy, nationalist, in Monaghan

April 10, 1816

calendar 1726

Birth of William Brownlow, parliamentarian and Volunteer

April 10, 1726

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A charter of Charles II replaces Cromwells charter of Londonderry

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Cromwells New Model Army is victorious at Macroom, Co. Cork

April 10, 1650

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King James V was born at Linlithgow Palace, son of King James IV and Margaret Tudor

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Following the death of Ralph de Ufford, Roger Darcy is appointed justiciar

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