Founding of Fine Gael Party
September 8, 1933
Birth of Desmond Guinness, author and conservationist
September 8, 1931
Poet, educator and eventual Easter Rising rebel Patrick Pearse opens St. Ednas school for boys (Scoil Eanna)
September 8, 1908
A conference of the Tenant League in Dublin adopts a policy of independent opposition in Parliament
September 8, 1852
John Martin, revolutionary, transportee and politician, is born near Newry, Co. Down
September 8, 1812