Ireland

Edwin Muir, Poet and critic, born

Molly Allgood, actress, born

Molly Allgood, actress (stage name Máire O’Neill) and she lived until 1952. She had a successful career in the theater and appeared in many productions in Ireland and the United Kingdom. Molly Allgood was associated with the Abbey Theatre in Dublin and worked alongside other renowned Irish playwrights and actors.

John Dillon announces Plan of Campaign for Irish tenants against unfair rents.

An Irish nationalist politician who sat in parliament for Tipperary, and was one of the leaders of Young Ireland. John Dillon was educated at the Roman Catholic university of Dublin, and afterwards studied medicine. He entered parliament in 1880 as mem

Lennox Robinson, playwright and one-time Abbey Theatre manager, is born in Douglas, Co. Cork

Birth of author Alice Milligan

Death of Joseph Medlicott Scriven from Seapatrick, Co. Down, who wrote the words for What A Friend We Have In Jesus

Joseph Medlicott Scriven, a poet and hymn writer originally from Seapatrick, County Down, Ireland, is best known for penning the lyrics to the beloved hymn “What a Friend We Have in Jesus.” He passed away on August 10, 1886, under tragic circumstances in Port Hope, Ontario, Canada.

Father Edward Flanagan, born, the founder of Boys Town

Father Edward Joseph Flanagan, the Irish-American priest and founder of Boys Town, was born on July 13, 1886, in the village of Leabeg, County Roscommon, Ireland. He is best known for his pioneering work in child welfare and his establishment of Boys Town, a community dedicated to the care and education of at-risk boys.

Crofters Holding Act passed providing limited security of tenure.

Molly Malone reputedly dies of the fever

Gladstones Home Rule Bill is defeated