June 08

June 08, 1985

Barry McGuigan beats Eusebia Pedrosa to become the World Featherweight Champion

June 08, 1929

Birth of Peter Rafferty, diplomat

June 08, 1905

Brian Coffey, poet and scientist, is born in Dún Laoghaire, Co. Dublin

June 08, 1886

Gladstones Home Rule Bill is defeated

June 08, 1847

Acts setting up soup kitchens and rate-aided outdoor Famine relief come to an end

In Co. Wicklow, the Arklow garrison is reinforced.

June 08, 1772

Robert Stevenson, engineer, who constructed, 18 lighthouses around Scotland, born Glasgow.

June 08, 1739

Earl of Clonmell and Chief Justice John Scott, aka Copper-Faced Jack, is born in Co. Tipperary

June 08, 1724

Birth of John Smeaton, civil engineer and lighthouse builder.

June 08, 1561

Shane ONeill rebels and is proclaimed a traitor

June 08, 1333

King Edward III of England orders seizure of the Isle of Mann from the Scots.