George Mackay Brown, poet and novelist, died.
April 13, 1996
Liam Cosgrave, Fine Gael leader and Taoiseach, is born
April 13, 1920
Birth of Samuel Beckett in Foxrock, Co. Dublin
April 13, 1906
Thomas D'Arcy McGee, Young Irelander, journalist and promoter of Canadian Federation, is born
April 13, 1825
Thomas D'Arcy McGee, Nationalist, writer, and Canadian politician, born in Carlingford, Co. Louth
April 13, 1825
Samuel Molyneux, former MP for the University of Dublin collapses in the British House of Commons and dies
April 13, 1728
Charles Leslie, Irish controversialist, dies
April 13, 1722