august 8th

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History

Thomas McElwee, Irish polictical prisoner, dies on hunger strike in Maze prison, Northern Ireland.

August 08, 1981

History

The Civic Guard is renamed the Garda Siochana

August 08, 1923

History

James Gandon moves from London to Dublin; the first stone of his Customs House is laid on this date

August 08, 1781

History

Birth of Francis Hutcheson, Presbyterian philosopher, in Co. Down

August 08, 1694

History

The Spanish Armada is defeated by the English, with some Spaniards slain upon reaching the coasts of Ireland and some survivors remaining

August 08, 1588

History

King James IV married Margaret Tudor, daughter of King Henry VII of England. The marriage was known as the Union of the Thistle and the Rose.

August 08, 1503

History

King Edward I removed to England the Stone of Destiny on which generations of Scottish kings had been crowned.

August 08, 1296