Sorley MacLean, poet, died
November 24, 1996
Comedian and actor Billy Connolly born
November 24, 1942
James Stephens, Fenian, escapes from Richmond prison, Dublin
November 24, 1865
Arthur French, MP for Co. Roscommon, dies of excessive fox-hunting
November 24, 1820
Lawrence Sterne, clergyman, humorist, and author, is born in Clonmel, Co. Tipperary
November 24, 1713
John Knox, leading reformer of Church of Scotland, died
November 24, 1572
Rout of Solway Moss
November 24, 1542
David II (aged, 7) crowned at Scone.
November 24, 1331
Magnus, the last King of the Isle of Man died
November 24, 1265