Gladstones home rule bill is defeated

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calendar 1985

Barry McGuigan beats Eusebia Pedrosa to become the World Featherweight Champion

June 08, 1985

calendar 1929

Birth of Peter Rafferty, diplomat

June 08, 1929

calendar 1905

Brian Coffey, poet and scientist, is born in Dún Laoghaire, Co. Dublin

June 08, 1905

calendar 1847

Acts setting up soup kitchens and rate-aided outdoor Famine relief come to an end

June 08, 1847

calendar 1798

In Co. Wicklow, the Arklow garrison is reinforced. In Co. Wexford, The rebel southern division moves camp from Carrickbyrne to Slievecoilte. In Ulster, General Nugent offers amnesty to rank and file rebels. Rebel forces in Antrim begin to disintegrate

June 08, 1798

calendar 1772

Robert Stevenson, engineer, who constructed, 18 lighthouses around Scotland, born Glasgow.

June 08, 1772

calendar 1739

Earl of Clonmell and Chief Justice John Scott, aka Copper-Faced Jack, is born in Co. Tipperary

June 08, 1739

calendar 1724

Birth of John Smeaton, civil engineer and lighthouse builder.

June 08, 1724

calendar 1561

Shane ONeill rebels and is proclaimed a traitor

June 08, 1561

calendar 1333

King Edward III of England orders seizure of the Isle of Mann from the Scots.

June 08, 1333

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