November 23

November 23, 1927

Birth of journalist and BBC political editor, John Cole

November 23, 1913

Irish Citizen Army is formed

November 23, 1876

Sir Richard Dawson Bates, unionist politician and minister in Northern Ireland is born in Belfast

November 22, 1869

Clipper ship Cutty Sark was launched

November 23, 1867

Manchester Martyrs, 3 Fenians are executed - Michael Larkin, William Philip Allen, and Michael O'Brien

November 23, 1865

Herbert Trench, poet, dramatist and theatre producer, in Avonmore, Co. Cork, is born

November 23, 1847

Historian Walter Biggar Blaikie born.

November 23, 1845

Charlotte Grace O'Brien, social reformer who campaigned against conditions on emigrant ships, is born

November 23, 1841

Richard Croker, Boss of Tammany Hall, NY, born in Cork

November 23, 1719

Spranger Barry, actor, is born in Dublin

November 23, 1702

Birth of Sir Richard Cox, politician and pamphleteer

November 23, 1332

Edward Balliol formally acknowledged King Edward III of England as his feudal superior