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The new paddle steamer Waverley was launched from A. & J. Ingliss yard on the Clyde
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Death of Sir Thomas Lipton, grocer, tea merchant and contestant for the Americas Cup.
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Hubert Butler, writer and local historian, is born near Bennettsbridge, Co. Kilkenny
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Kate Coll arrives in New York from Ireland on board the SS Nevada.
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Arthur Conway, mathematician and president of University College Dublin, is born in Wexford
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Patrick Geddes - Scottish Botanist born.
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William O'Brien, writer and nationalist, is born in Mallow, Co. Cork
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Birth of Sir William Ramsay, Scottish chemist who discovered helium, xenon, neon, argon, radon and krypton.
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Birth of Father William Corby who became Chaplain of the Irish Brigade in Detroit, Michigan
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ONeill engages Mountjoys forces in the Battle of Moyry Pass
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