Resistance to payment of Tithes began in Graiguenamanagh in 1830. As part of that the battle of Carrickshock took place in 1831 On This Day
Month: December 2013
13 December 1913
La Jaconde by Leonardo da Vinci was stolen from the Louvre 1911. Better known as the Mona Lisa it was recovered in Florence 1913 On This Day
12 December 1901
Routing signal through Rosslare and Clifden Marconi succeeded in sending the first wireless signal across the Atlantic in 1901 On This Day
12 December 1845
Bishop William Kinsella of Ossary who initiated the building of St Mary’s and St Kierans College died aged 51 in 1845 On This Day
11 December 1974
Erskine Hamilton Childers was born in London in 1905. Inaugurated 4th President of Ireland in 1973 he died in office in 1974 On This Day