July 27, 1662
Lieutenant-General James FitzThomas Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond, KG, PC (19 October 1610 – 21 July 1688), was an Irish statesman and soldier, known as Earl of Ormond from 1634 to 1642 and Marquess of …
July 27, 1663
The Navigation Acts, or more broadly the Acts of Trade and Navigation, were a long series of English laws that developed, promoted, and regulated English ships, shipping, trade, and commerce between …
July 27, 1669
Cockles and Mussels “Molly Malone” (also known as “Cockles and Mussels” or “In Dublin’s Fair City”) is the unofficial anthem of Dublin City in Ireland.
July 27, 1689
1689 Scottish Jacobite rising The Battle of Killiecrankie (Scottish Gaelic: Blàr Choille Chnagaidh), also referred to as the Battle of Rinrory, took place on 27 July 1689 during the 1689 Scottish …
July 27, 1710
Lieutenant-General George Carpenter, 1st Baron Carpenter of Killaghy (10 February 1657 – 10 February 1731) was a British army officer who also sat in the House of Commons from 1715 to 1727.
July 27, 1782
Statute of Drogheda Poynings’ Law or the Statute of Drogheda later titled “An Act that no Parliament be holden in this Land until the Acts be certified into England”) was a 1494 Act …
The third Catholic Relief Act came into effect on July 27, 1782.
July 27, 1805
Brian Merriman or in Irish Brian Mac Giolla Meidhre (c. 1747 – 27 July 1805) was an Irish language bard, farmer, and hedge school teacher from rural County Clare.
July 27, 1830
John O’Leary (23 July 1830 – 16 March 1907) was an Irish separatist and a leading Fenian.
July 27, 1846
William Smith O’Brien (Irish: Liam Mac Gabhann Ó Briain; 17 October 1803 – 18 June 1864) was an Irish nationalist Member of Parliament (MP) and a leader of the Young Ireland movement.
July 27, 1860
John Henry Bernard, PC (27 July 1860 – 29 August 1927), was an Irish Anglican clergyman.
July 27, 1866
Transatlantic telegraph cables were undersea cables running under the Atlantic Ocean for telegraph communications.