April 13

April 13, 1996

George Mackay Brown, poet and novelist, died.

April 13, 1951

The Stone of Destiny, stolen on Christmas Day, was returned to Westminster Abbey

April 13, 1920

Liam Cosgrave, Fine Gael leader and Taoiseach, is born

April 13, 1906

Birth of Samuel Beckett in Foxrock, Co. Dublin

April 13, 1829

The Catholic Emancipation Act receives royal assent on this date

April 13, 1825

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, 1780

Alexander Mitchell, civil engineer and inventor, is born in Dublin

April 13, 1728

Samuel Molyneux, former MP for the University of Dublin collapses in the British House of Commons and dies

April 13, 1722

Charles Leslie, Irish controversialist, dies

April 13, 1593

Birth of Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford-Viceroy of Ireland

April 13, 1203

Arthur I of Brittany assassinated by his uncle, John of England