New York Gaelic Society is formed

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calendar 1938

Frank Patterson, tenor, is born in Clonmel, Co. Tipperary

October 05, 1938

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calendar 1924

John Joe Barry, athlete who is known as the Ballincurry Hare, is born

October 05, 1924

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calendar 1923

Birth of Philip Berrigan - militant priest, Virginia, Minn

October 05, 1923

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calendar 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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calendar 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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calendar 1785

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

October 05, 1785

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calendar 1731

Parliament meets at the new parliament house in College Green for the first time

October 05, 1731

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calendar 1283

Battle of the Largs - Norwegians abandon invasion of ScotlandBattle of the LargsNorwegians abandon invasion of Scotland leaving ships and wounded on the beach.

October 05, 1263