September 27

September 27, 1948

Singer Barbara Dickson, born.

September 27, 1938

The, 80,000-ton liner Queen Elizabeth, then the largest passenger ship ever built, launched at John Browns shipyard, Clydebank.

September 27, 1926

Tim OKeeffe, publisher, is born in Kinsale, Co. Cork

September 27, 1891

Last public speech of Parnell-Irish statesman at Creggs Co. Galway Ireland

September 27, 1831

Scotlands first passenger railway opened (between Glasgow and Garnkirk).

September 27, 1725

Patrick Darcy, scientist and soldier, is born in Kitulla, Co.Galway

September 27, 1662

An act for encouraging Protestant strangers and others to inhabit and plant in the kingdom of Ireland is passed in the Irish Parliament