Maeve Kyle, Athlete and Hockey Player, Is Born in Kilkenny

October 06, 1928

Maeve Kyle, athlete and hockey player, is born in Kilkenny

Ireland

Announcement of the discovery of penicillin by Ayrshire-born Sir Alexander Fleming.

Death of Galway man Pádraic Ó Conaire, who was among the first writers to develop a new modern literature in the Irish language