December 18

1782

Barry Yelverton introduces the bill that will become Yelverton's Act

Ireland

Barry Yelverton, 1st Viscount Avonmore, PC (Ire) KC (28 May 1736 – 19 August 1805), was an Irish judge and politician, who gave his name to Yelverton’s Act 1782, which …

1878

Joseph James O'Neill, writer and civil servant, was born 18 December 1878 at Tuam, Co. Galway

Ireland

Joseph James O’Neill (1886-1952) was an Irish novelist and civil servant and was born on December 18, 1878. O’Neill claimed later in his life that he was born in the …

1980

Prisoners in Armagh and Long Kesh end their 53 day hunger strike on promises of political status. The promises are not kept

Ireland

A hunger strike in 1980 was also undertaken by seven men in the H-Blocks and three women in Armagh Gaol, but it ended on 18 December after 53 days, without any gains for the …