13th

Total results: 12

George Mackay Brown, poet and novelist, died.

The Stone of Destiny, stolen on Christmas Day, was returned to Westminster Abbey

Liam Cosgrave, Fine Gael leader and Taoiseach, is born

Birth of Samuel Beckett in Foxrock, Co. Dublin

The Catholic Emancipation Act receives royal assent on this date

Thomas D'Arcy McGee, Young Irelander, journalist and promoter of Canadian Federation, is born

Thomas D'Arcy McGee, Nationalist, writer, and Canadian politician, born in Carlingford, Co. Louth

Alexander Mitchell, civil engineer and inventor, is born in Dublin