January 24

January 24, 1976

Roman Emperor Hadrian, born

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Willie Clancy, Irish folklorist and traditional Uilleann bagpiper, died

January 24, 1933

Fianna Fáil wins a general election

January 24, 1921

Patrick Scott, artist, is born in Kilbrittain, Co. Cork

January 24, 1920

Percy French gives his last concert in Glasgow

January 24, 1920

Percy French, writer of many popular Irish songs, dies

January 24, 1851

Charles Plummer, Irish language scholar and editor of Lives of the Irish Saints, is born

January 24, 1679

King Charles II of England disbands Parliament