1887
Molly Allgood, actress, born
Ireland
Molly Allgood, actress (stage name Máire O’Neill) and she lived until 1952. She had a successful career in the theater and appeared in many productions in Ireland and the …
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Ireland
1888
Joyce Cary, author, is born in Derry
Ireland
Arthur Joyce Lunel Cary (7 December 1888 – 29 March 1957), known as Joyce Cary, was an Anglo-Irish novelist and colonial official. His most notable novels include Mister Johnson …
1888
Pneumatic bicycle tires were patented by inventor John Boyd Dunlop from Ayrshire.
Ireland
Pneumatic bicycle tires were patented by inventor John Boyd Dunlop from Ayrshire. This October 31, 1888 entry records a moment in Celtic history connected with Ireland.
1888
Birth of John Logie Baird, developer of television.
Ireland
John Logie Baird, the Scottish engineer and inventor who is widely recognized as the developer of the first working television system, was born on August 13, 1888, in Helensburgh, …
1888
Philip Henry Sheridan, the son of Irish immigrants from Cavan, dies in Nonquit, Massachusetts.
Ireland
Philip Henry Sheridan, a prominent Union general during the American Civil War, died on August 5, 1888, in Nonquitt, Massachusetts. Sheridan was one of the most celebrated military …
1888
Basil Stanlake Brooke, 1st Viscount Brookeborough, born
Ireland
Basil Stanlake Brooke, 1st Viscount Brookeborough — unionist politician and Prime Minister of Northern Ireland from 1943 to 1963 — is born in Colebrooke, County Fermanagh on June …
1888
Grace Gifford Plunkett, Irish patriot, is born in Rathmines, Dublin
Ireland
Grace Evelyn Gifford Plunkett (4 March 1888 – 13 December 1955) was an Irish artist and cartoonist who was active in the Republican movement, who married her fiancé Joseph Plunkett …
1888
John Reid of Scotland demonstrates golf to Americans, Yonkers, NY
Ireland
John Reid of Scotland demonstrates golf to Americans, Yonkers, NY. This February 22, 1888 entry records a moment in Celtic history connected with Ireland.
1889
Michael Hayes, politician and professor of Irish, is born in Dublin
Ireland
Michael Joseph Hayes (1 December 1889 – 11 July 1976) was an Irish Fine Gael politician who served as Ceann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann from 1922 to 1932, Minister for Foreign …
1889
Donn Byrne, novelist and short-story writer, is born
Ireland
Donn Byrne (born Brian Oswald Patrick Donn-Byrne, 20 November 1889 – 18 June 1928) was an Irish novelist. He was born in New York City in the United States where, he claimed, his …
1889
Sean Keating, painter, is born in Limerick
Ireland
Sean Keating, painter, is born in Limerick. This September 19, 1889 entry records a moment in Celtic history connected with Ireland.
1889
Kathleen Behan, née Kearney, Mother of All the Behans and folk singer is born in Dublin
Ireland
Kathleen Behan, née Kearney, Mother of All the Behans and folk singer is born in Dublin. This September 18, 1889 entry records a moment in Celtic history connected with Ireland.