October 21

The Queen officially opened the Burrell Collection in Glasgows Pollok Country Park

October 21, 1983

Birth of poet Patrick Kavanagh in Inishkeen, Co. Monaghan

October 21, 1904

Douglas Hydes Casadh an tSúgán - The Twisting of the Rope - is presented at The Gaiety Theatre in Dublin

October 21, 1901

Irish National Land League founded in Dublin.

October 21, 1879

The Irish dead at the Battle of Trafalgar include Lieutenant William Ram, son of Abel Ram, MP for Co. Wexford, who is killed on board the Victory

October 21, 1805

Execution of Thomas Russell, United Irishman, in Downpatrick for “high treason”

October 21, 1803