Death of Sean O’Casey in England.
September 18, 1964
47 miners were killed at Auchengeich Colliery, Lanarkshire when the bogies carrying them to work ran into smoke, 1,000 feet below ground.
September 18, 1959
Birth of Lord Roger of Earlsferry, Lord Justice General.
September 18, 1944
Stephen Hayes, a former IRA chief of staff, is kidnapped on 30 June
September 18, 1941
Kathleen Behan, née Kearney, Mother of All the Behans and folk singer is born in Dublin
September 18, 1889
Kelly and Timothy Deasy are rescued in a Fenian attack on a police van in Manchester during which a police sergeant is shot dead
September 18, 1867
Anne Devlin, friend and comrade of Robert Emmett, dies in Dublin
September 18, 1851
James Standish OGrady, novelist, is born in Castletownbere, Co. Cork
September 18, 1846
First action of Glyn Dwrs revolt as Welsh rebels capture town of Ruthin.
September 18, 1400