August 30, 1708Penal Laws Passed in 1695 Restricting Catholics Rights Are Strengthened for the Second Time
August 30, 1709All Registered Catholic Priests in Ireland Are Required to Renounce the Claims of the Stuarts to the Thrones of England and Ireland
August 30, 1870Birth of Golf Course Designer Dr Alister Mackenzie; He Was Responsible for Augusta National and Cypress Point, Among Others.
August 30, 1875National Synod of Catholic Bishops Begins at Maynooth; They Renew Condemnation of Queens Colleges and Condemn Trinity College
August 30, 1901Scottish Born Hubert Cecil Booth Patented His Design for a Vacuum Cleaner Which Sucked in the Dust and Retained It by Means of a Filter.
August 30, 1911The Chamber of Commerce Calls for Ireland to Adopt Greenwich Mean Time — 25 Minutes Behind Irish Standard Time
August 30, 1991Liz McColgan Won the World Athletics Championship, 10,000 Metres in Tokyo by a Margin Of, 20 Seconds.