Most of United Free Church merged with Church of Scotland.
October 4, 1929
Lennox Robinson, playwright and one-time Abbey Theatre manager, is born in Douglas, Co. Cork
October 4, 1886
Boys Brigade founded in Glasgow.
October 4, 1883
African explorer Alexander Laing, born.
October 4, 1780
Henry Boyle, the future Earl of Shannon, is unanimously elected Speaker of the Irish parliament
October 4, 1733
Irish Brigade of France fights in the battle of Marsaglia
October 4, 1693