The first traffic lights in the Free State are installed at the junction of Merrion Square and Clare Street
August 27, 1937
The Galway Gaelic Theatre, opens with Micheál Mac Liammóirs production of Diarmuid agus Gráinne
August 27, 1928
Birth of James Molyneaux, Ulster Unionist Party leader
August 27, 1920
Birth of Niall Ó'Dónaill, Irish-language scholar and lexicographer, in the Rosses, Co. Donegal
August 27, 1908
The Oceanic, a liner built in Belfast by Harland and Wolff for the White Star Line, is launched
August 27, 1870
African explorer William Blake born.
August 27, 1825
Humbert appears outside Castlebar.
August 27, 1798
First balloon ascent in Britain by James Tytler, Edinburgh.
August 27, 1784