September 18

September 18, 1964

Death of Sean O’Casey in England.

September 18, 1959

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, 1944

Birth of Lord Roger of Earlsferry, Lord Justice General.

September 18, 1941

Stephen Hayes, a former IRA chief of staff, is kidnapped on 30 June

September 18, 1914

Home Rule Act on Statute Book but is suspended for the duration of World War

September 18, 1889

Kathleen Behan, née Kearney, Mother of All the Behans and folk singer is born in Dublin

September 18, 1867

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, 1851

Anne Devlin, friend and comrade of Robert Emmett, dies in Dublin

September 18, 1846

James Standish OGrady, novelist, is born in Castletownbere, Co. Cork

September 18, 1818

Theatre Royal, Glasgow, became the first theatre in Britain to be lit by gas.

September 18, 1400

First action of Glyn Dwrs revolt as Welsh rebels capture town of Ruthin.