Historian Walter Biggar Blaikie born.

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Birth of journalist and BBC political editor, John Cole

November 23, 1927

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Irish Citizen Army is formed

November 23, 1913

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Sir Richard Dawson Bates, unionist politician and minister in Northern Ireland is born in Belfast

November 23, 1876

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Manchester Martyrs, 3 Fenians are executed - Michael Larkin, William Philip Allen, and Michael O'Brien

November 23, 1867

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Herbert Trench, poet, dramatist and theatre producer, in Avonmore, Co. Cork, is born

November 23, 1865

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Charlotte Grace O'Brien, social reformer who campaigned against conditions on emigrant ships, is born

November 23, 1845

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Richard Croker, Boss of Tammany Hall, NY, born in Cork

November 23, 1841

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Margaret Aylward, founder of the Sisters of the Holy Faith, born in Waterford

November 23, 1810

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Spranger Barry, actor, is born in Dublin

November 23, 1719

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Birth of Sir Richard Cox, politician and pamphleteer

November 23, 1702

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Edward Balliol formally acknowledged King Edward III of England as his feudal superior

November 23, 1332