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August 12, 1922

Arthur Griffith, founder of Sinn Fein, dies of a cerebral hemorrhage

August 12, 1922

Popular character actor Fulton McKay was born.

August 12, 1920

Terence MacSwiney, Lord Mayor of Cork, arrested by British; he immediately goes on hunger strike

August 12, 1914

Death of John Holland, from Liscannor, Co. Clare, designer of the first submarine

August 12, 1899

First issue of James Connolly's Workers Republic

August 12, 1898

Irish Local Government Act sets up elective county and district councils

August 12, 1870

Sir Hubert Gough, soldier and participant in Curragh mutiny of 1914, is born in Gurteen, Co. Waterford

August 12, 1822

Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh, commits suicide by cutting his throat with a penknife

August 12, 1821

George IV begins his visit to Ireland; he is received enthusiastically by O'Connell and others

August 12, 1804

Birth of James Whiteside, orator and Lord Chief Justice, in Delgany, Co. Wicklow

August 12, 1796

Kilmainham Gaol in Dublin receives its first prisoners

August 12, 1689

Relief of Derry, Ireland, a major Williamite victory

August 12, 1652

Act of Settlement 1652, also known as the To Hell or Connacht Act

August 12, 1646

Archbishop Giovanni Rinuccini, condemns their adherence to Ormonds peace terms

August 12, 1332

Battle of Dupplin near Perth in which Edward Balliol defeated the Regent, Earl of Mar.