Blessed Edmund Rice form Callan who founded the Christian and Presentation Brothers opened his first school in Waterford in 1802 On This Day
Month: August 2013
14 August 1649
James Butler Marquess of Ormonde led the army opposing Cromwell when he arrived to conquer Ireland, introduce penal laws 1649 On This Day
12 August 1922
Arthur Griffith led the delegation of Irish plenipotentiaries in negotiating the 1921 treaty with the British. He died in 1922 On This Day
8 August 1945
‘Fat Man’ containing a core of plutonium was dropped on Nagasaki and caused the deaths of an estimated 70,000 people in 1945 On This Day
8 August 1815
Dr Barry Edward O Meara, who had Carlow connections set sail with Napoleon Bonaparte for St Helena in 1815 On This Day