Contract to construct the north bridge, edinburgh, signed.

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calendar 1930

Richard Harris, born

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calendar 1930

Actor Richard Harris is born in Limerick

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calendar 1911

Statue of Charles Stewart Parnell is unveiled in Dublin

October 01, 1911

calendar 1796

The Royal College of St. Patrick. a Catholic seminary, is opened in Maynooth, Co. Kildare

October 01, 1796

calendar 1761

In the climate of sectarian tension created partly by the Mathew-Maude controversy, the Whiteboys, a violent agrarian protest movement, begins in Tipperary and spreads through Munster and West Leinster

October 01, 1761

calendar 1600

Robert Grave, Church of Ireland Bishop of Ferns and Leighlin, and his family drown in Dublin Bay on their way home to Wexford by sea

October 01, 1600

calendar 1568

The Bannatyne Manuscript, the most extensive collection of early Scottish poetry in existence, was published by George Bannatyne, an Edinburgh merchant.

October 01, 1568

calendar 1263

Invasion of Scotland by Hakon King of Norway attacked on beaches by gathering Scottish forces beginning the Battle of the Largs.

October 01, 1263

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