December 07

December 07, 1922

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

December 07, 1888

Joyce Cary, author, is born in Derry

December 07, 1879

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

December 07, 1817

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

December 07, 1785

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

December 07, 1754

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

December 07, 1688

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

December 07, 1487

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

December 07, 0521

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