Stone of destiny on which generations of scottish kings had been crowned, returned to scotland, 700 years after it had been removed by king edward i of england
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1952
John Cobb killed when his boat crashed while attemptting a world water-speed record on Loch Ness
September 29, 1952
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1854
Birth in Kinvara, Co. Galway of Francis Arthur Fahy who wrote the song, Galway Bay
September 29, 1854
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1826
Charles Cornwallis Chesney, professor of military history, is born in Kilkeel, Co. Down
September 29, 1826
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1798
Tandy and other Irish political prisoners in Hamburg are handed over to British authorities
September 29, 1798
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1778
Birth in Dublin of Catherine McAuley, founder of the Sisters of Mercy
September 29, 1778
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1732
Sir Henry Cavendish, politician and master of shorthand, who recorded parliamentary debates, born
September 29, 1732
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