July 20, 1902
James Kennedy OBE (20 July 1902 – 6 April 1984), was an Irish songwriter,[1] predominantly a lyricist, putting words to existing music such as “Teddy Bears’ Picnic” and “My …
July 20, 1904
Molly Keane (20 July 1904 – 22 April 1996), née Mary Nesta Skrine, and who also wrote as M.
July 20, 1922
The National Army, sometimes unofficially referred to as the Free State army or the Regulars, was the army of the Irish Free State from January 1922 until October 1924.
July 20, 1933
Eoin O’Duffy (born Owen Duffy; 28 January 1890 – 30 November 1944) was an Irish revolutionary military commander and police commissioner who later became a fascist leader.
July 21, 1796
Robert Burns (January 25, 1759 – July 21, 1796) is the best known of the poets who have written in Lowland Scots.
July 21, 1860
Chauncey Olcott, born John Chancellor Olcott and often spelled Chauncey Alcott, (July 21, 1858 – March 18, 1932) was an American stage actor, songwriter and singer of Irish descent.
July 21, 1887
Professor Thomas Patrick Bodkin (21 July 1887 – 24 April 1961) was an Irish lawyer, art historian, art collector and curator.
July 21, 1903
Edward VII was created Earl of Dublin on 17 January 1850.
July 21, 1918
Maurice Lindsay CBE (21 July 1918 – 30 April 2009) was a Scottish broadcaster, writer and poet.
July 21, 1920
Sectarian violence continues in Derry-Londonderry Catholics are forced out of Dromore, Co.
July 21, 1922
The Irish Free State offensive of July–September 1922 was the decisive military stroke of the Irish Civil War.
July 21, 1928
John Brendan Keane (21 July 1928 – 30 May 2002) was an Irish playwright, novelist and essayist from Listowel, County Kerry.