December 07

The six counties of Northern Ireland opt out of the Free State

December 7, 1922

Joyce Cary, author, is born in Derry

December 7, 1888

Birth in Tralee, Co. Kerry of Austin Stack, anti-Treaty nationalist

December 7, 1879

Admiral William Bligh Cornishman of Mutiny on the Bounty fame, died

December 7, 1817

Sir William Francis Patrick Napier, general and historian, is born in Celbridge, Co. Kildare

December 7, 1785

Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings, soldier and colonial administrator, is born in Dublin

December 7, 1754

Thirteen Apprentice Boys refuse to let a Catholic army into Derry-Londonderry

December 7, 1688

James FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Desmond is murdered at the instigation of his brother, John

December 7, 1487

St. Columcille, Irish bard and monk honored in all the Celtic lands, born

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