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Ancient Order of Hibernians
Michael Collins, Division 11
PO Box 440, Hampton Bays, NY, 11946
IRISH HISTORY
July History Month:
Source from the AOH
- July 1st. 1681 Archbishop Oliver Plunkett executed by the British
- July 2, 1862 Colonel Patrick Henry O'Rorke is killed at Little Round Top at Gettysburg.
- July 3, 1863 500 men of the Irish Brigade captured 3000 rebels at Gettysburg..
- July 4, 1771 4 Irish Born and 5 Irish Americans sign the Declaration of Independence.
- July 5 1922 Cathal Brugha is shot during the Irish Civil War fighting against the Treaty
- July 6, 1642 Owen Roe O'Neill returns from France to lead the Irish against the British.
- July 7, 1973 Patriot and politician Sean MacEoin, the Blacksmith of Ballinalee dies peacefully.
- July 8, 689 St. Killian Passes to the monastery in the sky
- July 9, 1797 Statesman author Edmund Burke dies.
- July 10, 1927 Free State minister Kevin O'Higgins is shot.
- July 11, 1826 Native American Know Nothing mobs riot and destroy the Irish section of Boston.
- July 12, 1691 Irish are beaten at Aughrim Pass. The Battle of the Boyne celebrated by the Orangemen today, really happened on July 1, 1691
- July 13, 1981 Martin Hurson is 6th to become a martyr as he dies on hunger strike,
- July 14, 1881 Irish American Lawman, Pat Garrett, shot Irish American outlaw, Billy the Kid.
- July 15, 1927 Patriot and 1916 leader, Constance Booth (Countess Markievicz) dies.
- July 16, 1803 Explosion in his secret rocket factory in Dublin, causes Robert Emmet to move up the date of his rising He tells his followers to be ready in one week.
- July 17, 1792 Kilkenny born Hames Hoban receives $500 and land for designing the American White House in Washington D.C.
- July 18, 1798 Henry J. McCracken was hanged yessterday.
- July 19, 1870 Michael Davitt, Land League founder, was sentenced to 15 years in prison yesterday.
- July 20, 1616 Irish leader Hugh O'Neill dies in exile.
- July 21, 1873 America's first train robbery is pulled off by Irish American Jesse James, starting a new career.
- July 22, 1890 Rose Kennedy is born and destined for a long life.
- July 23, 1693 Patrick Sarsfield, exiled patriot, is wounded at Landen serving in France's Irish Brigade.
- July 24, 1567 Mary Queen of Scots is forced to abdicate her throne by the English backed nobility.
- July 25, 1796 Robert Burns, Scotland's poet Laureate, dies
- July 26, 1914 Erskine Childers and his American wife land 900 rifles and 29,000 rounds of ammo at Howth to arm the Irish Volunteers in preparation for a rising .
- July 27, 1669 Molly Malone is christened in Dublin.
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- July 29, 1693 Patrick Sarsfield dies.
- July 30, 1918 Joyce Kilmer, the beloved poet-soldier of the Fighting 69th is killed in action.
- July 31. 1981 Martyr Kevin Lynch dies on hunger strike.
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