September 20

September 20, 1972

Paul McCartney, one of the Beatles, was arrested for possession of marijuana at his farm in the Mull of Kintyre, Scotland.

September 20, 1967

Liner Queen Elizabeth II launched at John Browns shipyard at Clydebank.

September 20, 1958

Construction began on the Forth Road Bridge

September 20, 1920

Black and Tans raid Balbriggan, Co. Dublin

September 20, 1920

Kevin Barry is captured

September 20, 1918

Republican newspapers are banned by English

September 20, 1911

Anna Catherine Parnell, Irish patriot, dies

September 20, 1847

Birth in Carron, Co. Clare of Michael Cusack, GAA founder

September 20, 1842

Sir James Dewar, inventor of the vacuum flask, born in Kincardine-on-Forth.

September 20, 1803

Robert Emmet, Irish patriot executed by England.

September 20, 1803

Robert Emmet, Irish patriot, is executed in Dublin

September 20, 1784

Sir Richard Griffith, geologist and civil engineer, is born in Dublin

September 20, 1746

Prince Charles Edward Stuart escaped capture by sailing to France aborad the French ship LHeureux.

September 20, 1689

The Enniskillen Protestants defeat Jacobite forces at Boyle, Co. Roscommon