April 14

April 14, 1922

Led by Rory O'Connor, forces against the Anglo-Irish Treaty seize the Four Courts in Dublin

April 14, 1919

Limerick Soviet commences general strike in protest against English militarism in Ireland

April 14, 1917

Birth of actress Valerie Hobson in Larne, Co. Antrim

April 14, 1912

The Titanic, the worlds largest ship built at Belfasts Harland and Wolfe, hits an iceberg

April 14, 1905

An Oige, Irish Youth Hostel Association is established

April 14, 1903

Aberdeen Football Club was founded.

April 14, 1886

Jack Beattie, socialist politician and trade unionist, is born in Belfast

April 14, 1848

The Tricolor national flag of Ireland is presented for the first time by Thomas Francis Meagher & the Young Ireland Party

April 14, 1736

Porteous Riots in Edinburgh take place after the hanging of a smuggler by the City Guard

April 14, 1661

Sir Thomas Molyneux, scientist, archaeologist, physician and MP, is born

April 14, 1582

University of Edinburgh founded.