In the year: 1948
Taoiseach John A.Costello declares the Irish Free State a Republic

In the year: 1823
Kevin Izod O'Doherty, transportee, physician and politician, is born in Dublin

In the year: 1892
John L. Sullivan loses his world heavyweight boxing title to another Irish American, James Corbett

In the year: 1801
Arthur Hill, 2nd Marquis of Downshire, former MP for Co. Down and one of the wealthiest landowners in Ireland, commits suicide

In the year: 1980
Galway wins the All Ireland Final