Birth in Roscommon of Sir George Arthur French (A Relation of Percy French, the Songwriter) Who Organised the Royal Canadian Mounted Police

June 19, 1841

Birth in Roscommon of Sir George Arthur French (a relation of Percy French, the songwriter) who organised the Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Ireland

Poet and songwriter Robert Allan died in New York

The Cork Examiner, now The Irish Examiner, hits the streets for the first time