The Presentation Nuns was founded by Nano Nagle. They first arrived in Carlow town In 1811 On This Day

Garda Patrick O Halloran was shot and mortally wounded whilst trying to arrest two bank raiders in Baltinglass Wicklow in 1924 On This Day

His compositions include The Magic Flute and Don Giovanni. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in Salzburg, Austria in 1756 On This Day

The Icelandic banking system and government collapsed in 2009 On This Day

James Stephens Fenian, founding member of IRB and publisher of The Irish People was born born at Blackmill Street, Kilkenny 1825 On This Day