September 22

Section: September 22

Birth of politician, Viscount Younger of Leckie (George Younger)

September 22, 1928

The first professional artist ever to appear on British television, Irishwoman Miss Peg O’Neil

September 22, 1920

Mid-Clare Brigade, IRA, kill six policemen near Miltown Malbay, Co. Clare

September 22, 1884

The gunboat HMS Wasp is wrecked off Tory Island, Co. Donegal, with the loss of 52 lives; there are eight survivors

September 22, 1864

Col. James Mulligan, who commanded Mulligans Irish Brigade, dies of wounds sustained at the 3rd Battle of Winchester

September 22, 1821

Patrick Moore, Confederate General, is born in Galway

September 22, 1798

Colonel Trench marches from Castlebar and takes Ballina

September 22, 1626

Charles I offers twenty-six concessions (graces) to the Irish in return for subsidies to expand his army

September 22, 1601

Battle of Kinsale

September 22, 1485

Duke Fransez II sets up a Breton national assembly.