October 13

Section: October 13

Republican prisoners in Mountjoy prison begin mass hunger strike

October 13, 1923

Government crackdown on Irish Land League jails Parnell and other leaders

October 13, 1881

Charles Stewart Parnell and others are arrested for Land League activities

October 13, 1881

Sara Atkinson, a writer on religious and historical subjects is born

October 13, 1823

William Conolly resigns as Speaker

October 13, 1729

Birth of Allan Ramsay, painter and son of Allan Ramsay the poet.

October 13, 1713

Battle of Aberdeen, James Graham,, 1st Marquess of Montrose, sacked the city.

October 13, 1644

Poynings lands at Howth and summons a parliament to Drogheda. He then campaigns in the north

October 13, 1494