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Ten young men, potato-pickers from Achill Island, die when a bothy catches fire on a farm at Kirkintilloch, Scotland
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The Free State is elected to the council of the League of Nations
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Birth of Chaim Herzog, former president of Israel, born in Belfast and educated in Dublin
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Frank OConnor, (pseudonym of Michael ODonovan), short-story writer and author of poetic translations from Irish is born in Cork
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David Hughes Parry, Welsh educator and language activist, born
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David Dunbar Buick was born at, 26 Green Street, Arbroath. He emigrated to the USA with his parents at the age of two.
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3000 French troops depart for Ireland from Brest
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Prince Charles Edward Stuart took up residence at the Palace of Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh.
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Bonnie Prince Charles enters Edinburgh while a bagpiper plays - The King Shall Enjoy His Own Again
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John Holwell, surgeon and survivor of Black Hole of Calcutta is born in Dublin
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