November 27

November 27, 1996

First deaths from E-coli outbreak in Lanarkshire, Scotland

November 27, 1906

Michael Cusack, one of the founders of the GAA, died

November 27, 1878

Sir William Orpen, painter, in Stillorgan, Co. Dublin, born

November 27, 1876

Henry Robinson Allen, tenor and composer, dies

November 27, 1871

The Gaiety Theatre, Dublin, opens with a performance of She Stoops to Conquer

November 27, 1857

Thomas Heazle Parke, surgeon, military officer and author, born

November 27, 1774

John Kyan, inventor, is born in Dublin

November 27, 1703

The Great Storm of 1703 hits Britain, 8,000 people die in 24 hours

November 27, 1612

Dungannon, Co. Tyrone, is the first of 40 new boroughs to be incorporated

November 27, 784

St. Vergilius or Ferghil, the Geometer, died