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September 15

September 15

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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

City Baillie shot when Edinburgh High School pupils rioted when refused a holiday.

September 15, 1595