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calendar 1952

Birth of Liam Neeson (William John Neeson) in Ballymena, Co. Antrim

June 07, 1952

calendar 1925

Death of Matt Talbot. With the help of a priest friend, Matt overcomes chronic alcoholism and models his life on that of the monks, who lived in Ireland in the 6th and 7th centuries. It is a tough programme of prayer, fasting and almsgiving. He gives away

June 07, 1925

calendar 1921

George V opens the first Northern Ireland Parliament. James Craig becomes Northern Irelands first Prime Minister

June 07, 1921

calendar 1900

Patricia Lynch, childrens author, is born in Cork

June 07, 1900

calendar 1899

Elizabeth Bowen, born

June 07, 1899

calendar 1899

Birth in Dublin of Elizabeth Bowen, novelist and short-story writer. Acclaimed for her fictional representations of Anglo-Irish Big House life, she is best known in Ireland for her novel The Last September

June 07, 1899

calendar 1892

Birth of Irish statesman, Kevin Christopher OHiggins in Stradbally, Co. Laois. He attempted severe repression of the Irish Republican Army in the years of the Irish “Troubles” following the Anglo-Irish treaty of 1921. A man of intellectual power, he is d

June 07, 1892

calendar 1861

Death of Patrick Brontë from Ballynaskeagh, Co Down, father of Emily, Charlotte, Anne and Bramwell

June 07, 1861

calendar 1811

Sir James Young Simpson, pioneer of anesthetics and chloroform, born.

June 07, 1811

calendar 1798

Father James Coigly is executed by hanging at Pennington Heath. A member of the United Irishmen, he had been arrested in Margate, England as he was about to embark for France. Papers found on his person indicate that his intention is to invite the French

June 07, 1798

calendar 1798

In Wicklow, the Rebels burn Carnew; in Ulster, they take Larne and the Larne garrison retreats to Carrickfergus. The Rebels take Ballymena and Randalstown and then attack Antrim. They also attack Maghea in Co Derry

June 07, 1798

calendar 1777

Sir Philip Crampon, surgeon, is born in Dublin

June 07, 1777

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