October 23

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Poet and dramatist Tom McGrath born in Rutherglen.

The IRA and other organizations are declared illegal in the Free State and the Catholic Church

Death of John Boyd Dunlop who re-invented the pneumatic tyre from the design of Robert W Thomson.

John Boyd Dunlop Scottish inventor of the pneumatic rubber tire died.

Birth of Francis Jeffrey, first editor of the Edinburgh Review.

Benjamin Franklin ends his visit to Ireland

Birth of John Claudius Beresford, banker, MP, and controversial figure in 1798 rebellion

First meeting of the Parliament of Great Britain.

The Irish parliament orders the annual observance of Oct 23 as a day of thanksgiving for deliverance from the 1641 rising

Treaty between King John Balliol of Scotland and King Philippe IV of France

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