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Today in Irish History – May 13th

 Today in Irish History – May 12th

 

Iona 563 A.D.

 

            563 – St. Columcille establishes a monastic community on Iona Island

 

  

     

 

 

 

 

 

A. Hamilton Rowan

 

           1751 – Archibald Hamilton Rowan, nationalist and United Irishman, is born in London

 

 

   

 
 
 
 
 

 

 

Daniel O'Connell

 

        1823 – Daniel O’Connell founds the Catholic Association 

 

 

   

 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

Frances Hughes 1981

 

       1981 – Francis Hughes, Irish political prisoner,

                         dies on hunger strike, in Maze Prison, near Lisburn, Co. Antrim.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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