November 25

November 25, 1913

Official founding date of the Provisional Committee of the Irish Volunteers

November 25, 1906

Saidie Paterson, trade unionist and peace activist, born in Belfast

November 25, 1853

John Gibson Lockhart, biographer and critic, editor Blackwoods magazine, died

November 25, 1835

Andrew Carnegie, Steel magnate and philanthropist, born in Dunfermline Scotland

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James Napper Tandy leading radicals asks for Parliamentary reform for Ireland

November 25, 1764

Birth of Henry Sirr, Dublin town head of police

November 25, 1713

The second Irish parliament of Queen Anne sits from this date to 24 December

November 25, 1681

General Tam Dalyell raises a regiment to suppress Covenanters which later became the Royal Scots Greys