August 18

August 18, 1944

Red Hackle wins Intercontinental Highland Gathering, Toronto, Canada, 1974.

August 18, 1966

Tay Road Bridge opened.

August 18, 1814

Birth of David Moriarty, Catholic Bishop of Kerry and opponent of nationalism, in Kilcarah, Co. Kerry

August 18, 1746

William Boyd of Kilmarnock, Scottish Jacobite leader, executed by the English

August 18, 1728

James Caulfeild, 4th Viscount and 1st Earl of Charlemont; soldier and nationalist, is born in Dublin

August 18, 1579

Death of James Fitzgerald, rebel leader