August 11

August 11, 1927

After the Free State general election on June 09, de Valera and Fianna Fáil enter the Dáil as the largest opposition party

August 11, 1927

The Electricity Supply Board (ESB) is established to control the Shannon hydro-electric scheme

August 11, 1894

Dan Breen, nationalist revolutionary and politician, is born near Soloheadbeg, Co. Tipperary

August 11, 1892

Author and poet C M Grieve (Hugh MacDiarmid) born at Langholm, Dumfriesshire.

August 11, 1835

Henry Grattan Guinness, is born in Dún Laoghaire, Co. Dublin

August 11, 1691

A Jacobite force under Patrick Sarsfield, guided by Galloping Hogan, destroys a Williamite siege train at Ballyneety, hampering the siege of Limerick

August 11, 1560

Latin Mass prohibited in Scotland by Parliament as Protestant faith gained the ascendancy.

August 11, 1306

Battle of Dalry, Robert I, attacked and defeated John MacDougall of Lorne, kinsman of John Comyn.