George Bernard Shaw refuses a peerage

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calendar 1996

Stone of Destiny on which generations of Scottish kings had been crowned, returned to Scotland, 700 years after it had been removed by King Edward I of England

September 29, 1996

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calendar 1952

John Cobb killed when his boat crashed while attemptting a world water-speed record on Loch Ness

September 29, 1952

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calendar 1929

The last active Fenian, John Devoy, dies

September 29, 1929

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calendar 1908

Birth of film star Greer Garson in Co. Down

September 29, 1908

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calendar 1905

Francis Llewellyn Harrison, musicologist, is born in Dublin

September 29, 1905

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calendar 1898

Fenian Thomas Clarke is released from Portland Prison

September 29, 1898

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calendar 1854

Birth in Kinvara, Co. Galway of Francis Arthur Fahy who wrote the song, Galway Bay

September 29, 1854

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calendar 1836

Michael Mulhall, publisher and statistician, is born in Dublin

September 29, 1836

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calendar 1826

Charles Cornwallis Chesney, professor of military history, is born in Kilkeel, Co. Down

September 29, 1826

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calendar 1798

Tandy and other Irish political prisoners in Hamburg are handed over to British authorities

September 29, 1798

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calendar 1778

Birth in Dublin of Catherine McAuley, founder of the Sisters of Mercy

September 29, 1778

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calendar 1732

Sir Henry Cavendish, politician and master of shorthand, who recorded parliamentary debates, born

September 29, 1732