April 25

Irish Labour Party declares one-day strike in protest over conscription act Anglo-Irish agreements

April 25, 1918

Ralph Henry Byrne, architect, is born in Dublin

April 25, 1877

William Ford, who crossed the Atlantic from Ireland by steerage, marries fellow country woman Mary O'Hern.

April 25, 1861

Vere Foster, philanthropist and educationist, is born in Copenhagen

April 25, 1819

Thomas Erle, MP for Cork city, commands the centre at the Battle of Alamanza

April 25, 1707

Count Redmond OHanlon (outlawed chief) is shot dead by his foster-brother

April 25, 1681

At Caernarfon - Edward I of England declares his day old son as the Prince of Wales and thus the first pretender to the Welsh throne

April 25, 1284

Henry II sends his son John to Ireland

April 25, 1185

Malcolm III (Canmore) crowned.

April 25, 1058