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  Anna Parnell Sets Up the Committee of the Ladies Land League in DublinJanuary 31, 1881Ireland
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  William O'Brien, Trade Unionist, Is BornJanuary 23, 1881Ireland
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  Irish Football Assocation Formed in BelfastNovember 18, 1880Ireland
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  Ned Kelly, Australian Bushranger and Son of Tipperary Transportee, Is Hanged in MelbourneNovember 11, 1880Australia
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  Dr Henry Faulds, Published a Letter First Evidence That Fingerprints Could Be Used as Proof of Guilt or Innocence in Legal Cases.October 28, 1880Ireland
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  Fanny Parnell Launches the Ladies Land League in New YorkOctober 24, 1880United States
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  Dr Marie Stopes, Founder of First Modern Birth Control Clinic, Born Edinburgh.October 15, 1880Scotland
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  Nationalist and Gaelic League Activist, Mary Ellen Spring-Rice Is BornOctober 14, 1880Ireland
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  Viscount Mountmorres Is Killed Near Clonbur, Co. GalwaySeptember 25, 1880Ireland
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  Beginning of Famous Boycott Against Irish Landlord Captain Boycott.September 24, 1880Ireland
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  Mayo Agent, Captain Charles Boycott, Was Sent to a Moral Coventry.September 24, 1880Ireland
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  Parnell Delivers His Famous Speech at EnnisSeptember 19, 1880Ireland
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  Death of Ellen Kean, One of the Greatest Actresses of Her TimeAugust 20, 1880Ireland
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  Five People Drown in Derrybeg, Co. Donegal When a Chapel Is Flooded During MassAugust 15, 1880Ireland
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  Birth of William Thomas CosgraveJune 6, 1880Ireland
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  Birth in Dublin of William Thomas Cosgrave, the First President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free StateJune 5, 1880Ireland
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  Charles Stewart Parnell Is Elected Chairman of the Irish Parliamentary PartyMay 17, 1880Ireland
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  The Royal University of Ireland Is Founded by CharterApril 27, 1880Ireland
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  Sean O'Casey, Playwright, Born in DublinMarch 30, 1880Ireland
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  Parnell Launches the Irish National Land League of the USAMarch 11, 1880United States
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  The Irish Rugby Football Union Is Founded in DublinFebruary 5, 1880Ireland
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  Charles S. Parnell Addresses the U.S. CongressFebruary 2, 1880Ireland
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  Herbert Brenon, Film Director of Peter Pan and Beau Geste, BornJanuary 13, 1880Ireland
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  Parnell Begins His Tour of the United StatesJanuary 2, 1880United States
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  Gretta Bowen, Artist, Is Born in DublinJanuary 1, 1880Ireland
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  Birth in Tralee, Co. Kerry of Austin Stack, Anti-Treaty NationalistDecember 7, 1879Ireland
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  Sir Hamilton Harty, Musician and Composer, Is Born in Hillsborough, Co. DownDecember 4, 1879Ireland
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  Padraig Pearse, Irish Revolutionary and One of the Leaders of the 1916 Easter Rebellion, Is BornNovember 10, 1879Ireland
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  Death of Edinburgh-Born Mathematician and Physicist James Clerk Maxwell.November 5, 1879Scotland
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  Irish National Land League Founded in Dublin.October 21, 1879Ireland
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  Kate Coll Arrives in New York From Ireland on Board the SS Nevada.October 2, 1879United States
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  A Vision of the Virgin Mary Is Witnessed by 15 Villagers in Knock, Co. MayoAugust 21, 1879Ireland
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  National Land League of Mayo Is FoundedAugust 16, 1879Ireland
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  Séamus O'Sullivan, BornJuly 17, 1879Ireland
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  Joseph Campbell, BornJuly 15, 1879Ireland
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  Hugh Kennedy, BornJuly 11, 1879Ireland
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  Jack White, Journalist and Author, Is Born in CorkMay 22, 1879Ireland
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  Sir William Wheeler, Surgeon, Is Born in DublinMay 8, 1879Ireland
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  Birth of Novelist Maurice Walsh in ListowelApril 21, 1879Ireland
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  Robert Lynd, Essayist and Critic, Is Born in BelfastApril 20, 1879Ireland
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  Terence MacSwiney, Irish Patriot and Lord Mayor of Cork, Is BornMarch 28, 1879Ireland
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  F. Jaffrennou (Taldir), Breton Writer, BornMarch 15, 1879Brittany
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  Joseph James O'Neill, Writer and Civil Servant, Was Born 18 December 1878 at Tuam, Co. GalwayDecember 18, 1878Ireland
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  Sir William Orpen, Painter, in Stillorgan, Co. Dublin, BornNovember 27, 1878Ireland
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  Margaret Cousins, Suffragist and Indias First Female Magistrate, Is Born in Boyle, Co. RoscommonNovember 7, 1878Ireland
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  Between October 24 and This Date, Fenians Propose a New Departure - An Alliance With the ParnellitesOctober 27, 1878Ireland
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  Birth of Margaret (Gretta) Cousins, Irish Womens Rights Activist.October 7, 1878Ireland
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  New York Gaelic Society Is FormedOctober 5, 1878United States
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  Birth of Oliver St. John Gogarty, Writer, and the Model for the Stately, Plump Buck Mulligan in Joyces UlyssesAugust 17, 1878Ireland
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  The Intermediate Education Act Grants Female Students the Right to Participate in Public Examinations and to Enter Into Careers and ProfessionsAugust 16, 1878Ireland