November 26

November 26, 1972

RTÉ Journalist Kevin O'Kelly is imprisoned for contempt of court

November 26, 1955

Saor Uladh (Free Ulster) a splinter group of the IRA, attacks the police barracks in Rosslea, Co. Fermanagh

November 26, 1926

Rugby player Karl Mullen is born in Courtown Harbour, Co. Wexford

November 26, 1885

Thomas Andrews, chemist and physicist, died

November 26, 1873

Osborn Joseph Bergin, Celtic Scholar, born in Cork

November 26, 1852

Aeneas Coffey, inventor of the Coffey Still, dies

November 26, 1836

John Loudon McAdam Scottish engineer who developed the macadam road died

November 26, 1624

John Stearne, founder and first president of the College of Physicians, born