July 08

July 08, 1981

Joe McDonnell, Irish political prisoner, dies

July 08, 1930

Bennie Railplane

July 08, 1914

Government of Ireland Bill enacted

July 08, 1889

Last official bare knuckle title fight

July 08, 1822

Sir Henry Raeburn, died

July 08, 1819

Sir Francis McClintock, born

July 08, 1808

Bernard (Barney) Hughes, born

July 08, 1790

Forth and Clyde Canal Opened

July 08, 1770

Mary Anne Mc Cracken, radical and philanthropist, is born in Belfast

July 08, 1730

Robert Edgeworth, former MP, dies

July 08, 1642

Owen Roe O'Neill

July 08, 1296

King John Balliol abdicated at Montrose

July 08, 1249

King Alexander I I, died