April 29

Section: April 29

April 29, 1912

Pearse and Connolly agree to ceasefire after being forced out of the Dublin GPO by artillery fire

April 29, 1874

Conal O'Riordan, writer and theatre manager, is born in Dublin

April 29, 1803

Paul Cullen, prelate, is born in Prospect, Co. Kildare

April 29, 1769

Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, soldier and statesman, is born in Dublin

April 29, 1758

Wide Streets Commission for Dublin is appointed by the Irish Parliament

April 29, 1680

The first stone of the Royal Hospital, Kilmainham is laid by the Duke of Ormonde

April 29, 1665

James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde and an ancestor of Princess Diana, born

April 29, 1653

John Whally, necromancer and charlatan, born