Oscar Wilde, playwright, novelist and essayist is born in Dublin

On October 16, 1854 in Celtic History

Oscar wilde, playwright, novelist and essayist is born in dublin

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    Poet George Mackay Brown born.

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    Cavan-born Thomas Baron von Brady, general in the Austrian army, dies in Vienna

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    Robert Fergusson Scottish poet, died.

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    Proclamations against Catholic clergy and schools in Ireland are issued

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    King James II born.

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