1176
Strongbow, Anglo-Norman lord, dies in Dublin
Ireland
Richard de Clare (1130 – 20 April 1176), 2nd Earl of Pembroke, also Lord of Leinster and Justiciar of Ireland (sometimes known as Richard FitzGilbert), was an Anglo-Norman nobleman …
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1608
James I grants a license to the Old Bushmill's distillery in Co. Antrim
Ireland
The Old Bushmills Distillery is an alcohol (primarily Irish whiskey) distillery in Bushmills, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, founded in 1784 and owned by Proximo Spirits. …
1696
The Guild of Brewers and Maltsters is founded in Dublin
Ireland
The Guilds of the City of Dublin were associations of trade and craft practitioners, with regulatory, mutual benefit and shared religious purposes. In their eventual number they …
1772
William Lawless, surgeon, is born in Dublin
Ireland
General William Lawless (20 April 1772 – 25 December 1824) was a Dublin-born surgeon and important member of the Society of the United Irishmen, a revolutionary republican …
1809
James David Forbes, physicist who devised first form of seismograph, born.
Scotland
James David Forbes FRS FRSE FGS (1809–1868) was a Scottish physicist and glaciologist who worked extensively on the conduction of heat and seismology. Forbes was a resident of …
1812
Maurice FitzGerald, MP for Co. Kerry, presents the Irish Protestant petition for Catholic relief
Ireland
Sir Maurice FitzGerald, 18th Knight of Kerry (29 December 1774 – 7 March 1849) was an hereditary knight and an Irish Whig politician. PETITION FROM THE PROTESTANTS OF IRELAND IN …
1829
Margaret Anna Cusack, Irish Revolutionary Feminist nun and scholar, born
Ireland
Margaret Anna Cusack is born to an aristocratic family of English origin in Coolak, Co. Dublin; she is the founder of the first Poor Clares convent in the west of Ireland and also …
1857
Sir Thomas Myles, surgeon, is born in Limerick
Ireland
Sir Thomas Myles CB FRCSI (20 April 1857—14 July 1937) was a prominent Irish home ruler and surgeon, involved in the importation of arms for the Irish Volunteers in 1914. Thomas …
1879
Robert Lynd, essayist and critic, is born in Belfast
Ireland
Robert Wilson Lynd (20 April 1879 – 6 October 1949) was an Irish writer, editor of poetry, urbane literary essayist, socialist and Irish nationalist. Lynd was born at 3 Brookhill …
1896
A demonstration of the cinématographe is held in Dublin at Dan Lowreys Star of Erin theatre
Ireland
Cinematograph, kinematograph, or Animatograph is an early term for several types of motion picture film mechanisms. The name was used for movie cameras as well as film projectors, …
1912
Death of Dublin writer Bram Stoker, creator of Dracula
Ireland
Abraham Stoker (8 November 1847 – 20 April 1912) was an Irish author who wrote the 1897 Gothic horror novel Dracula. During his lifetime, he was better known as the personal …