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  The First Official Celebration of Bloomsday Is Held on Its Twenty-Fifth AnniversaryJune 16, 1929Ireland
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  Birth of Peter Rafferty, DiplomatJune 8, 1929Ireland
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  The Story of the Loch Ness Monster First Appeared in the PressMay 2, 1929Scotland
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  David Dunbar Buick, Founder of the Buick Manufacturing Company, DiedMarch 5, 1929United States
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  John Montague, Best Known for His Volume, the Rough Field, Is BornFebruary 28, 1929Ireland
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  Brian Friel, Playwright, BornJanuary 9, 1929Ireland
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  Playwright Brian Friel, Author of Dancing at Lughnasa, Is BornJanuary 5, 1929Ireland
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  Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Artist, Architect and Designer, DiedDecember 10, 1928Ireland
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  Birth of Sir Charles Brett, Architectural HistorianOctober 30, 1928Ireland
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  Voting Age for Women Reduced From, 30 To, 21, the Same as for Men.October 15, 1928Ireland
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  Death of Galway Man Pádraic Ó Conaire, Who Was Among the First Writers to Develop a New Modern Literature in the Irish LanguageOctober 6, 1928Ireland
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  Maeve Kyle, Athlete and Hockey Player, Is Born in KilkennyOctober 6, 1928Ireland
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  Announcement of the Discovery of Penicillin by Ayrshire-Born Sir Alexander Fleming.September 30, 1928England
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  The First Professional Artist Ever to Appear on British Television, Irishwoman Miss Peg O’NeilSeptember 22, 1928Ireland
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  The Galway Gaelic Theatre, Opens With Micheál Mac Liammóirs Production of Diarmuid Agus GráinneAugust 27, 1928Ireland
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  Peter Barry, Fine Gael Politician, Is Born in Co. CorkAugust 10, 1928Ireland
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  John B. Keane, BornJuly 21, 1928Ireland
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  John Logie Baird Transmitted First Color TVJuly 3, 1928England
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  William Trevor (Cox), Is Born in Mitchelstown, Co. Cork.May 24, 1928Ireland
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  Actor and Comedian Stanley Baxter Born.May 24, 1928Ireland
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  Standish O'Grady, on the Isle of Wight, DiedMay 18, 1928Scotland
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  Madeleine Smith, Found Not Proven for Murder in 1857, Died Peacefully in New York.April 12, 1928United States
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  Earl Haig, Commander in Chief of British Forces 1915-18, Founder of the British Legion, DiedJanuary 29, 1928England
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  Daniel Joseph Bradley, Irish Physicist, BornJanuary 18, 1928Ireland
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  Birth of Journalist and BBC Political Editor, John ColeNovember 23, 1927Ireland
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  Birth in Waterford of Comedian, Hal RoachNovember 4, 1927Ireland
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  The Currency Act Establishes a Separate Currency for the Irish Free StateAugust 20, 1927Ireland
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  After the Free State General Election on June 09, De Valera and Fianna Fáil Enter the Dáil as the Largest Opposition PartyAugust 11, 1927Ireland
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  The Electricity Supply Board (ESB) Is Established to Control the Shannon Hydro-Electric SchemeAugust 11, 1927Ireland
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  Poet Richard Murphy Is BornAugust 6, 1927Ireland
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  John Broderick, BornJuly 30, 1927Ireland
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  First Automatic Telephone Exchange in IrelandJuly 28, 1927Ireland
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  Danny La Rue, BornJuly 26, 1927Ireland
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  Countess Constance De Markievicz, DiesJuly 15, 1927Ireland
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  Scottish National War Memorial OpenedJuly 14, 1927Scotland
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  Singer Kenneth McKellar Born.June 23, 1927Ireland
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  The Opening Hours of Irish Public Houses Are Restricted by the Intoxicating Liquor ActMay 20, 1927Ireland
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  A Reserve Established by Oglaigh Na HÉireann, the Irish Defence ForcesMay 16, 1927Ireland
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  John McDermott, Lord Justice of Appeal for Northern Ireland, Is BornMay 9, 1927Ireland
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  The Lion, Known as of Cairbre, Used to Introduce Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer Films, Born in DublinMarch 20, 1927Ireland
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  Rugby Player Karl Mullen Is Born in Courtown Harbour, Co. WexfordNovember 26, 1926Ireland
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  Birth in Dublin of Hugh Leonard, Pseudonym of John Keyes Byrne, PlaywrightNovember 9, 1926Ireland
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  Tim OKeeffe, Publisher, Is Born in Kinsale, Co. CorkSeptember 27, 1926Ireland
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  Eamon De Valera Founds Fianna Fáil and Holds Its First Public MeetingMay 16, 1926Ireland
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  General Strike Began at Midnight, the First in British HistoryMay 3, 1926Ireland
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  J.P. Donleavy, Author of the Ginger Man, Is Born in New YorkApril 23, 1926United States
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  The Future Queen Elizabeth II BornApril 21, 1926England
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  Violet Albina Gibson Attempted to Assassinate Benito MussoliniApril 7, 1926Italy
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  Birth in Armagh of Ian Paisley, Clergyman and Unionist PoliticianApril 6, 1926Ireland
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  Eamon De Valera Resigns as Head of Sinn FéinMarch 11, 1926Ireland