Colin campbell of glenure, known as the red fox, a notorious persecutor of jacobites after culloden, was shot in appin
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1865
The last surviving member of the Irish House of Commons, Sir Thomas Staples, dies in Lissan, Co
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The Irish Post Office, distinct from English and Scottish services, is established by statute
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1755
George Barrington, writer, adventurer and pickpocket is born in Maynooth, Co. Kildare
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1754
St Andrews Society of Golfers constituted. In, 1834 it became the Royal and Ancient Golf Club
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Brian O'Neill, is defeated and killed by the forces of Roger des Auters at the battle of Down
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