June 15

June 15, 1945

Queen Mary leaves Greenock, taking nearly, 15,000 GIs home to US.

June 15, 1919

Pioneer Atlantic airmen Alcock and Brown land at Clifden, Co. Galway and complete the first non-stop trans-Atlantic flight

June 15, 1887

Anti-Tithe riot, Mochdie, Wales.

June 15, 1828

Birth of Sir Thomas Newenhan Deane, architect, in Dundanion, Co. Cork

June 15, 1798

The Rebels main division marches to Mountpleasant

June 15, 1698

Count George de Browne, governor of Livonia, Latvia, and field marshal in the Russian army, is born in Camas, Co. Limerick

June 15, 1567

Mary Queen of Scots last night in Edinburgh prior to her imprisonment

June 15, 1555

After Henry VIII suppresses the Chapter of St Patricks Cathedral it is restored on this date