August 29

August 29, 1975

Eamon DeValera, Irish statesman, died

August 29, 1930

Island of St Kilda evacuated.

August 29, 1890

The Science and Art Museum and The National Library of Ireland open

August 29, 1871

Birth of Jack B. Yeats, painter and author, in London

August 29, 1844

Death of Edmund Ignatius Rice, founder of the Irish Christian Brothers Order

August 29, 1803

Samuel Neilson, co-founder of the United Irishmen, dies

August 29, 1798

Cornwallis reaches Tuam

August 29, 1797

Battle of Tranent

August 29, 1729

Birth of David La Touche, banking magnate and MP