In the year: 1905
Brian Coffey, poet and scientist, is born in Dún Laoghaire, Co. Dublin

In the year: 2004
Catholic Primate Archbishop Sean Brady makes history by being the first Roman Catholic leader to attend the opening of the Presbyterian General Assembly in Belfast.

In the year: 1739
Earl of Clonmell and Chief Justice John Scott, aka 'Copper-Faced Jack', is born in Co. Tipperary

In the year: 1561
Shane O'Neill rebels and is proclaimed a traitor

In the year: 1886
Gladstone's Home Rule Bill is defeated