July 31

July 31, 1965

Cigarette advertising banned on television in Britain

July 31, 1922

Harry Boland shot by Free Staters

July 31, 1917

Francis Ledwidge, died

July 31, 1893

Founding of Gaelic League in Ireland

July 31, 1877

Minority of Home Rulers begin obstruction tactics in Commons

July 31, 1845

Caledonian Railway Company authorized to commence business

July 31, 1838

Enactment of the Irish Poor Law

July 31, 1834

Dun Laoghaire horse-drawn train service in Dublin

July 31, 1786

Poems of Robert Burns, published

July 31, 1737

Robert Adair, dies

July 31, 1689

Derry-Londonderry relived of siege

July 31, 1689

Enniskillen Protestants defeat Jacobite forces

July 31, 1661

Act of Settlement