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Oct 1878
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1911
Birth of Brian O’Nolan, aka Flann O’Brien and Myles na gCopaleen in Strabane, Co. Tyrone
October 05, 1911

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1873
Leslie Montgomery, comic writer under the pseudonym Lynn C. Doyle, is born in in Downpatrick, Co. Down
October 05, 1873

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1785
Balloon flight by Italian aeronaut Vincenzo Lunardi from Heriots School, Edinburgh to Ceres in Fife.
October 05, 1785

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1731
Parliament meets at the new parliament house in College Green for the first time
October 05, 1731