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  General French, Acts on Mistaken Information That Sinn Féin Is Implicated in a Pro-German Plot and Has Most of the Leaders ArrestedMay 17, 1917Ireland
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  Birth of Actress Valerie Hobson in Larne, Co. AntrimApril 14, 1917Ireland
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  Yann Ber Kalloch, a Great Breton Poet Dies in the First World WarApril 10, 1917Ireland
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  Birth of Singer Josef Locke (Joe McLaughlin) in DerryMarch 23, 1917Ireland
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  Author Hector Munro Died in Action in FranceNovember 14, 1916France
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  Terence MacSwiney Mayor of Cork Died in an English Prison on Hunger Strike.October 24, 1916Ireland
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  While Serving in the Dublin Fusiliers During World War I, Irish Poet Tom Kettle Dies in Attack on GinchySeptember 10, 1916Ireland
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  O'Neil of the Glen, the First Production Released by the Film Company of Ireland, Premiers at Dublins Bohemian TheatreAugust 7, 1916Ireland
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  Roger Casement, Is HangedAugust 3, 1916England
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  The Somme Offensive BeginsJuly 1, 1916France
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  Roger Casement Is Convicted of Treason and Sentenced to DeathJune 29, 1916Ireland
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  The Ulster Unionist Council Agrees to the Immediate Implementation of Home Rule if Six Ulster Counties Are Temporarily ExcludedJune 12, 1916Ireland
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  Death of Listowel Man Lord KitchenerJune 5, 1916Ireland
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  HMS Hampshire Sank Off Orkney After Striking a Mine. Lord Kitchener, Conqueror of Sudan, Was Drowned.June 5, 1916Ireland
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  Conscription to the Armed Forces Began for the First Time.May 24, 1916Ireland
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  Clocks and Watches Go Forward One Hour as the Daylight Saving Act (Summer Time) Is IntroducedMay 21, 1916Ireland
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  Irish Patriots, Seán MacDiarmada and James Connolly Are Executed at Kilmainham GaolMay 12, 1916Ireland
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  During the House of Commons Debate on the Irish Crises, John Dillon Urges the Cessation of ExecutionsMay 11, 1916Ireland
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  Irish Patriot, Thomas Kent, Is Executed at Cork Detention BarracksMay 9, 1916Ireland
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  Irish Patriots, Michael Mallin, Eamonn Ceannt, Cornelius Con Colbert and Sean Heuston Are Executed in Kilmainham GaolMay 8, 1916Ireland
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  The U-20, a German U-Boat Commanded by Captain Schweiger, Sinks the Centurion Off the South-East Irish CoastMay 6, 1916Ireland
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  Irish Patriot and a Leader of the 1916 Easter Uprising, John MacBride, Is Executed by Firing Squad in Kilmainham GaolMay 5, 1916Ireland
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  Edward Daly, Michael OHanrahan, William Pearse & Joseph Mary Plunkett Are Executed by Firing Squad in Kilmainham JailMay 4, 1916Ireland
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  Patrick Pearse, Thomas Clarke and Thomas MacDonagh Executed by Firing Squad in Kilmainham JailMay 3, 1916Ireland
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  Francis Sheehy-Skeffington, Writer, Suffragist, Pacifist and Patriot, Is ArrestedApril 26, 1916Ireland
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  Irish Volunteers and Citizen Army Seize the General Post Office (GPO) in DublinApril 24, 1916Ireland
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  The Merchant Ship Aud Leaves Germany for Ireland With Arms for the Irish Republican BrotherhoodApril 9, 1916Ireland
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  Patrick Pearse Denies Rumors of a Possible Rising to Irish Volunteer Chief of Staff Eoin MacNeillApril 5, 1916Ireland
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  First Irish Race Convention Is Held in New York CityMarch 4, 1916United States
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  Secret Negotiations Result in Alliance of the Irish Citizen Army With the Irish Republican BrotherhoodJanuary 20, 1916Ireland
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  Evacuation of Gallipoli PeninsulaJanuary 8, 1916England
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  John Gibson, DiedJuly 16, 1915Scotland
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  Jeremiah ODonovan Rossna, Fenian Leader, Dies in the U.S.June 29, 1915Ireland
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  Britains Worst Train Disaster at QuintinshillMay 22, 1915Ireland
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  The Lusitania Is Sunk by a German U-Boat Off the Old Head of Kinsale, Co. Cork With the Loss of More Than 1,100 LivesMay 7, 1915Ireland
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  Walter Macken, Novelist, Born in GalwayMay 3, 1915Ireland
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  Jazz Trombonist George Chisholm Born.March 29, 1915Scotland
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  Mary Slessor, Missionary in West Africa, DiedJanuary 13, 1915Scotland
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  Home Rule Act on Statute Book but Is Suspended for the Duration of World WarSeptember 18, 1914Ireland
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  Death of John Holland, From Liscannor, Co. Clare, Designer of the First SubmarineAugust 12, 1914Ireland
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  Easter Uprising Arms ArriveJuly 26, 1914Ireland
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  Gavin Maxwell, BornJuly 15, 1914England
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  Government of Ireland Bill EnactedJuly 8, 1914Ireland
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  Actor Archie Duncan (Known for His Portrayal of Sherlock Holmes) Born Glasgow.May 26, 1914Scotland
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  British House of Commons Passes Irish Home Rule for the Third TimeMay 25, 1914Ireland
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  Cumann Na MBan, Irish Womens Republican Movement FoundedApril 2, 1914Ireland
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  60 Cavalry Officers at the Curragh Resign Their Commissions an Incident Known as the Curragh MutinyMarch 20, 1914Ireland
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  Prime Minister Asquith Offers a Compromise on Home Rule Electors in the NorthMarch 9, 1914Ireland
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  Official Founding Date of the Provisional Committee of the Irish VolunteersNovember 25, 1913Ireland
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  Irish Citizen Army Is FormedNovember 23, 1913Ireland