St Mirren Day (patron saint of Paisley).
September 15, 2005
12,000 Royal Navy sailors on, 15 ships went on strike at Invergordon over cuts in their pay.
September 15, 1931
Pat O'Callaghan, physician, hammer-thrower an Olympic gold medal is born near Kanturk, Co. Cork
September 15, 1905
Birth in Castlebar of singer Margaret Burke Sheridan
September 15, 1889
First soccer international in Ireland; England beats the Irish squad
September 15, 1881
John Blake Dillon, Young Irelander and co-founder of The Nation, dies in Killarney
September 15, 1866
Police raid and close the Irish People offices; Rossa, Luby and OLeary are arrested
September 15, 1865
Sir William Whitla, physician and professor, is born in Co. Monaghan
September 15, 1851
The Hector leaves Loch Broom, near Ullapool, to sail to Pictou, Nova Scotia, carrying emigrants escaping from the Clearances.
September 15, 1773
The Breton gentry gather in Rennes to defend the liberties of Brittany.
September 15, 1718