Home /calendar /august /August 29, 1798On August 29, 1798 in Celtic HistoryCornwallis reaches tuamShare : More From This Daycalendar 1975Eamon DeValera, Irish statesman, diedAugust 29, 1975calendar 1930Island of St Kilda evacuated.August 29, 1930calendar 1890The Science and Art Museum and The National Library of Ireland openAugust 29, 1890calendar 1871Birth of Jack B. Yeats, painter and author, in LondonAugust 29, 1871calendar 1844Death of Edmund Ignatius Rice, founder of the Irish Christian Brothers OrderAugust 29, 1844calendar 1803Samuel Neilson, co-founder of the United Irishmen, diesAugust 29, 1803calendar 1797Battle of Tranent in which a demonstration against conscription under the Militia Act was broken up by the Cinque Ports Dragoons and East Lothian Yeomanry with the death of, 12 participants.August 29, 1797calendar 1729Birth of David La Touche, banking magnate and MPAugust 29, 1729
