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The Jacobite Risings

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September in Ireland

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Ireland

September 1, 1870Isaac Butt Founds the Home Government Association; Home Rule Is Now the Objective of Constitutional Nationalists September 1, 1864Roger Casement, British Consular Official and Irish Nationalist, Is Born in Sandycove, Co. Dublin September 1, 1856Birth of Irish Nationalist Party Leader John Redmond in Ballytrent, Co. Wexford

Scotland

September 1, 1971Sole Remaining Gas Street Lamp in Glasgow Was Lit for the Last Time September 1, 1729Death of Dramatist, Essayist and Publisher Sir Richard Steele, the Dubliner Who Founded the Tatler and the Spectator September 1, 1719Marriage of Prince James Francis Edward Stewart and Princess Maria Clementina Sobieska

Wales

September 12, 1315Thomas Dun, a Privateer From Scotland, Sailed Into Holyhead, Captured an English Ship and Over-Ran Anglesay.September 16, 1400Owain Glyn Dwr Raises Standard of Revolt Against England- Declaring Welsh Independence.September 17, 1893David Hughes Parry, Welsh Educator and Language Activist, Born

England

September 2, 1834Death of Engineer, Road, Bridge and Canal Builder Thomas Telford. He Was Buried in Westminster Abbey.September 3, 1901James Hanley, Novelist and Short Story Writer, Is Born in Liverpool of Irish Parents September 6, 1936Birth of Bruce Arnold, Journalist and Author

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September 1, 1971

Sole Remaining Gas Street Lamp in Glasgow Was Lit for the Last Time

September 1, 1870

Isaac Butt Founds the Home Government Association; Home Rule Is Now the Objective of Constitutional Nationalists

September 1, 1864

Roger Casement, British Consular Official and Irish Nationalist, Is Born in Sandycove, Co. Dublin

September 1, 1856

Birth of Irish Nationalist Party Leader John Redmond in Ballytrent, Co. Wexford

September 1, 1830

Dublin Zoo Opens

September 1, 1830

The Wild Colonial Boy Is Shot Dead in a Gun Battle With Police at Cambelltown, Sydney

September 1, 1814

Birth of James OFlanagan, Author, in Fermoy, Co. Cork

September 1, 1789

Marguerite Gardiner, Nee Power; Countess of Blessington; Author, Is Born Near Clonmel, Co. Tipperary

September 1, 1737

Launch of the Belfast Newsletter, Now the Oldest Surviving Newspaper in Ireland or Britain, and One of the Oldest in the World

September 1, 1729

Death of Dramatist, Essayist and Publisher Sir Richard Steele, the Dubliner Who Founded the Tatler and the Spectator

September 1, 1719

Marriage of Prince James Francis Edward Stewart and Princess Maria Clementina Sobieska

September 1, 1644