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June 23rd

Wed 23 Jun 1971

Mass protest in West of Scotland against closure of John Browns shipyard.

Mon 23 Jun 1952

Salvador Dalis painting Christ of St John of the Cross went on display in Glasgows Kelvingrove Art Gallery. There was a public outcry when Dr Tom Honeyman, the then director of Glasgows museums and art galleries, spent the citys entire annual purcha

Fri 23 Jun 1939

Dáil Éireann introduces internment

Thu 23 Jun 1927

Singer Kenneth McKellar born.

Sat 23 Jun 1838

Sir James Gildea, philanthropist and co-founder of St. John Ambulance Association, is born in Kilmaine, Co. Mayo

Thu 23 Jun 1825

Annie French Hector, novelist who wrote under the pseudonym Mrs. Alexander, is born in Dublin. Highly successful novelist with 40 books including the Wooing of O’t (1873), and Blind Fate (1891); A Choice of Evils (1895), and Kitty Costello, semi-autobiogr

Mon 23 Jun 1823

George and Robert Stephenson open their locomotive foundry in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Wed 23 Jun 1802

Daniel OConnell secretly marries his cousin, Mary OConnell

Sat 23 Jun 1798

Rebel southern column captures Goresbridge, Co. Kilkenny and camps at Bunreagh; Rebel northern column moves into Wicklow Mountains and camps at Ballymanus

Mon 23 Jun 1777

William Brown, founder of the Argentine navy, is born in Foxford, Co. Mayo

Sat 23 Jun 1725

Malt Riots, Glasgow

Mon 23 Jun 1704

The Registration Act comes into force requiring all Catholic priests in Ireland to register in court, to furnish two £50 bonds for good behaviour, and not to leave the county in which they are registered

Thu 23 Jun 1650

Charles II sailed into the estuary of the river Spey and signed the Covenant before going ashore.