On This Day
Irish Histories from Drivetime on RTE Radio 1, Vol 2
Published on 8. September 2017
338 pages
978-1-84840-637-7 (ISBN)
Description
More fascinating, hilarious, and uncanny historical tales based on Myles Dungan's hugely popular Drivetime segment on RTE Radio One. The journey will take you through Ireland's historic influence at home and abroad: from the Irish architect of the White House to the Night of the Big Wind of 1839 (which just about levelled half the country). Find out how Wexford's Dollar Bay got its name (hint: it involves pirates) and how the Native American Choctaw Tribe came to the aid of the Irish during the famine. Uncover how a pair of ill-fitting boots may have made all the difference in the bloody Phoenix Park murders, and how the scientist Robert Boyle investigated the 'prolongation of life' and 'perpetual light'.
With illustrations by Annie West, On This Day - Volume 2 is a whirlwind ride through Ireland's colourful - and often astonishing - history.
With illustrations by Annie West, On This Day - Volume 2 is a whirlwind ride through Ireland's colourful - and often astonishing - history.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Dublin
Ireland
File size
3,83 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-84840-637-7 (9781848406377)
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Persons
Myles Dungan is a broadcaster and historian. He presents The History Show on RTE Radio 1 and his weekly 'On This Day' column for Drivetime is in its fourth year. He has also compiled and presented a number of award-winning historical documentaries. He is the author of numerous works on Irish and American history and holds a PhD from Trinity College, Dublin.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Acknowledgements
- Foreword
- January
- 29 January 1768: Oliver Goldsmith's first play, The Good-Natured Man, opens in London
- 15 January 1825: The suicide of banker Thomas Newcomen
- 6 January 1839: The night of 'The Big Wind'
- 8 January 1871: The birth of Sir James Craig
- 22 January 1879: James Shields is elected Senator for Missouri
- 13 January 1880: The Irish film director, Herbert Brenon, is born
- 27 January 1885: Charles Stewart Parnell turns the first sod for the West Clare Railway
- 20 January 1902: Kevin Barry, medical student and nationalist revolutionary, is born in Dublin
- February
- 26 February 1797: Bank of Ireland suspends gold payments
- 24 February 1841: Birth of John Philip Holland
- 12 February 1848: John Mitchel publishes the first United Irishman newspaper
- 17 February 1857: Birth of Samuel McClure
- 10 February 1889: Richard Pigott is exposed as a forger
- 3 February 1911: The death of Robert Tressell
- 19 February 1921: Percy Crozier quits the Auxiliaries in disgust
- 5 February 1960: The first commercial screening of Mise Éire
- March
- 3 March 1766: How did Dollar Bay in Co. Wexford get its name?
- 31 March 1790: The Curran-Hobart duel
- 24 March 1829: Birth of George Francis Train
- 25 March 1840: Birth of Captain Myles Keogh
- 18 March 1847: The Choctaw collect money for Irish Famine relief
- 11 March 1858: The birth of Thomas Clarke
- 10 March 1888: Birth of actor Barry Fitzgerald
- 4 March 1978: The death of Emmet Dalton
- April
- 8 April 1861: The mass evictions of John George Adair on his Donegal estate
- 1 April 1872: The birth of Irish-American bootlegger Katherine Daly
- 21 April 1874: Birth of tank designer Walter Gordon Wilson
- 22 April 1905: Captain William O'Shea dies
- 15 April 1912: The Titanic sinks on her maiden voyage
- 29 April 1916: Patrick Pearse agrees to an unconditional surrender
- 14 April 1919: The Limerick Soviet
- 28 April 1920: The tribulations and triumphs of Georgina Frost
- 7 April 1926: Violet Gibson attempts to assassinate Mussolini
- May
- 27 May 1224: Death of Cathal O'Connor, King of Connacht
- 20 May 1762: The birth of Sir Eyre Coote
- 19 May 1798: Francis Magan betrays Lord Edward Fitzgerald
- 13 May 1842: Arthur Sullivan is born
- 26 May 1868: Michael Barrett is hanged
- 6 May, 1882: The Phoenix Park murders
- 5 May 1916: William Evelyn Wylie and the court-martial of William Corrigan
- 12 May 1916: Execution of James Connolly and Seán Mac Diarmada
- June
- 9 June 1739: The birth of the real Copper Face Jack
- 3 June 1836: Death of Barry Edward O'Meara, surgeon to Napoleon
- 24 June 1845: The unveiling of a statue of Rollo Gillespie, colonial soldier
- 17 June 1867: Birth of John Gregg, populariser of shorthand
- 2 June 1891: The penalty kick is born
- 16 June 1904: James Joyce has his first date with Nora Barnacle
- 30 June 1922: The destruction of the Public Record Office
- 23 June 1959: Seán Lemass becomes Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland
- 10 June 1997: Jimmy Kennedy is inducted into the Songwriters' Hall of Fame
- July
- 28 July 1769: The birth of Sir Hudson Lowe
- 14 July 1798: The Sheares brothers are hanged in Dublin
- 29 July 1848: The Young Ireland Rebellion
- 21 July 1860: The birth of Chauncey Olcott
- 15 July 1865: Lord Northcliffe is born in Chapelizod
- 8 July 1889: The last official bare-knuckle title fight ever held
- 1 July 1916: The 36th Ulster Division on the first day of the Somme offensive
- 7 July 1930: The death of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- 22 July 1935: William Mulholland dies in Los Angeles
- August
- 25 August 1170: Richard de Clare (Strongbow) marries Aoife MacMurrough
- 18 August 1504: The Battle of Knockdoe
- 4 August 1654: The 'South Sea Bubble'
- 26 August 1725: Smallpox - the first inoculations are administered
- 12 August 1773: Robert King and the murder of Henry Fitzgerald
- 11 August 1796: Kilmainham Gaol in Dublin receives its first prisoners
- 19 August 1876: The Catalpa arrives back in the USA
- 5 August 1901: Peter O'Connor sets the first World Long Jump record
- September
- 30 September 1598: Edmund Spenser is appointed Sheriff of Cork
- 29 September 1732: The birth of Sir Henry Cavendish
- 15 September 1803: Abraham Lincoln and the trial of Robert Emmet
- 1 September 1830: The Wild Colonial Boy is shot dead in New South Wales
- 9 September 1831: National Schools established in Ireland
- 8 September 1852: The Irish Tenant League Conference
- 2 September 1865: The birth of ???William Rowan Hamilton
- 16 September 1870: Birth of John Pius Boland, Olympic gold medallist
- 23 September 1875: Billy the Kid is arrested for the first time
- 22 September 1884: The gunboat H.M.S. Wasp is wrecked off Tory Island
- October
- 7 October 1582: The Gregorian Calendar
- 21 October 1879: The founding of the Irish National Land League
- 14 October 1882: The birth of Éamon de Valera
- 6 October 1891: The death of Charles Stewart Parnell
- 27 October 1905: The birth of Bryan Guinness, Lord Moyne, brewer and writer
- 13 October 1928: The Dublin Gate Theatre Company produces its first play
- 28 October 1941: The release of How Green Was My Valley
- November
- 24 November 1713: The birth of Lawrence Sterne
- 25 November 1764: The birth of Henry Sirr
- 3 November 1831: The birth of Ignatius Donnelly
- 10 November 1861: The funeral of Terence Bellew McManus
- 4 November 1908: The Irish Women's Franchise League is established
- 11 November 1918: Armistice Day
- 18 November 1926: George Bernard Shaw refuses the Nobel Prize for Literature
- 17 November 1930: The first Irish Hospital Sweepstakes draw takes place
- December
- 30 December 1691: Irish scientist Robert Boyle dies
- 22 December 1740: The birth of Bishop Joseph Stock
- 15 December 1760: 'Half-hanged' MacNaughton meets his maker
- 2 December 1802: Sir Dominic Corrigan, cardiologist, is born in Dublin
- 8 December 1831: The death of James Hoban, architect of the White House
- 29 December 1844: The birth of William Martin Murphy
- 1 December 1848: The Londonderry tragedy
- 23 December 1864: Death of Chartist James O'Brien
- 9 December 1973: The Sunningdale Agreement is signed
- 16 December 1987: 'Fairytale of New York' is kept out of Number 1
