October 12

October 12, 1929

Birth of Magnus Magnusson, writer, broadcaster and question master in TV programme Mastermind.

October 12, 1911

Birth in Portrush of Fred Daly, the only Irishman to win a golf major - the British Open in 1947

October 12, 1876

Jerome Connor, sculptor, is born near Anascaul, Co. Kerry

October 12, 1866

Ramsay MacDonald, first Labour Prime Minister of UK, born in Lossiemouth.

October 12, 1798

French fleet intercepted off Donegal. Wolfe Tone captured when The Hoche strikes its colors

October 12, 1671

Peter Drake, soldier and memoir author, is born in Co. Meath

October 12, 1645

Archbishop Rinuccini arrives in Ireland