December 08

December 08, 1939

Four senior IRA men executed by the Provisional Government are executed without trial

December 08, 1939

Sir James Galway, born in Belfast

December 08, 1939

Sinéad O'Connor, Irish Singer, born

December 08, 1896

Isabella Maria Susan Tod, suffragette, died in Belfast

December 08, 1881

Padraic Colum playwright, poet and novelist, born

December 08, 1831

James Hoban, the Kilkenny architect who designed the White House, died

December 08, 1542

Mary Stuart Queen of Scots born