Home /calendar /june /June 07, 1420On June 07, 1420 in Celtic HistoryA parliament meets at dublinShare : More From This Daycalendar 1952Birth of Liam Neeson (William John Neeson) in Ballymena, Co. AntrimJune 07, 1952calendar 1925Death of Matt Talbot. With the help of a priest friend, Matt overcomes chronic alcoholism and models his life on that of the monks, who lived in Ireland in the 6th and 7th centuries. It is a tough programme of prayer, fasting and almsgiving. He gives awayJune 07, 1925calendar 1921George V opens the first Northern Ireland Parliament. James Craig becomes Northern Irelands first Prime MinisterJune 07, 1921calendar 1900Patricia Lynch, childrens author, is born in CorkJune 07, 1900calendar 1899Elizabeth Bowen, bornJune 07, 1899calendar 1899Birth in Dublin of Elizabeth Bowen, novelist and short-story writer. Acclaimed for her fictional representations of Anglo-Irish Big House life, she is best known in Ireland for her novel The Last SeptemberJune 07, 1899calendar 1892Birth of Irish statesman, Kevin Christopher OHiggins in Stradbally, Co. Laois. He attempted severe repression of the Irish Republican Army in the years of the Irish “Troubles” following the Anglo-Irish treaty of 1921. A man of intellectual power, he is dJune 07, 1892calendar 1866Irish Fenians raid Pigeon Hill, QuebecJune 07, 1866calendar 1861Death of Patrick Brontë from Ballynaskeagh, Co Down, father of Emily, Charlotte, Anne and BramwellJune 07, 1861calendar 1811Sir James Young Simpson, pioneer of anesthetics and chloroform, born.June 07, 1811calendar 1798Father James Coigly is executed by hanging at Pennington Heath. A member of the United Irishmen, he had been arrested in Margate, England as he was about to embark for France. Papers found on his person indicate that his intention is to invite the FrenchJune 07, 1798calendar 1798In Wicklow, the Rebels burn Carnew; in Ulster, they take Larne and the Larne garrison retreats to Carrickfergus. The Rebels take Ballymena and Randalstown and then attack Antrim. They also attack Maghea in Co DerryJune 07, 1798
