Jack McConnell elected First Minister of Scotland, succeeding Henry McLeish who had resigned
November 22, 2001
Actor Tom Conti born
November 22, 1942
Birth of Máire Drumm, Irish Republican, in Newry, Co. Armagh
November 22, 1919
Donagh MacDonagh, son of Thomas MacDonagh, born in Dublin
November 22, 1912
Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa, Fenian, contests and wins a Tipperary by-election in abstentia
November 22, 1869
Justin McCarthy, politician, novelist and historian, is born in Cork
November 22, 1830
Lord John Beresford, Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of all Ireland, is born in Dublin
November 22, 1773
Victory of Nomenoe over the Franks at Ballon, Brittany
November 22, 0845