April 20

April 20, 1912

Death of Dublin writer Bram Stoker, creator of Dracula

April 20, 1896

A demonstration of the cinématographe is held in Dublin at Dan Lowreys Star of Erin theatre

April 20, 1879

Robert Lynd, essayist and critic, is born in Belfast

April 20, 1857

Sir Thomas Myles, surgeon, is born in Limerick

April 20, 1829

Margaret Anna Cusack, Irish Revolutionary Feminist nun and scholar, born

April 20, 1812

Maurice FitzGerald, MP for Co. Kerry, presents the Irish Protestant petition for Catholic relief

April 20, 1809

James David Forbes, physicist who devised first form of seismograph, born.

April 20, 1772

William Lawless, surgeon, is born in Dublin

April 20, 1696

The Guild of Brewers and Maltsters is founded in Dublin

April 20, 1608

James I grants a license to the Old Bushmill's distillery in Co. Antrim

April 20, 1176

Strongbow, Anglo-Norman lord, dies in Dublin