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January 26
Section: January 26
January 26, 1908
The 1st Glasgow Scout troop was registered, the first to be formed
January 26, 1907
Synges Playboy of the Western World is performed for the first time at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, riot ensues
January 26, 1904
Seán MacBride, IRA leader, politician, head of Amnesty International, born
January 26, 1898
Colonel James Fitzmaurice, Irelands greatest aviator, is born in Dublin
January 26, 1878
Kirkpatrick McMillan, Scottish inventor of the bicycle, died
January 26, 1871
Sir Arthur du Cros, pioneer of pneumatic tyre industry, is born in Dublin
January 26, 1861
One O'Clock gun fired for the first time from Edinburgh Castle
January 26, 1799
Thomas Charles Wright, officer in Bolivars army, is born in Drogheda, Co. Louth
January 26, 1716
Lord George Sackville, soldier, politician and MP for Portarlington, born
January 26, 1699
The second session of William III's second Irish parliament ends on this date
January 26, 1316
Edward the Bruce and Irish allies engage English forces at the Battle of Ardscull, Ireland