Four senior IRA men executed by the Provisional Government are executed without trial
December 8, 1939
Sir James Galway, born in Belfast
December 8, 1939
Sinéad O'Connor, Irish Singer, born
December 8, 1939
Isabella Maria Susan Tod, suffragette, died in Belfast
December 8, 1896
Padraic Colum playwright, poet and novelist, born
December 8, 1881
Mary Stuart Queen of Scots born
December 8, 1542