First siege of Limerick ends

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calendar 1991

Liz McColgan won the World Athletics Championship, 10,000 metres in Tokyo by a margin of, 20 seconds.

August 30, 1991

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calendar 1928

William Trevor, pseudonym of William Trevor Cox, short-story writer and novelist, is born in Mitchelstown, Co. Cork

August 30, 1928

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calendar 1911

The Chamber of Commerce calls for Ireland to adopt Greenwich Mean Time — 25 minutes behind Irish Standard Time

August 30, 1911

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calendar 1901

Scottish born Hubert Cecil Booth patented his design for a vacuum cleaner which sucked in the dust and retained it by means of a filter.

August 30, 1901

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calendar 1875

National synod of Catholic bishops begins at Maynooth; they renew condemnation of Queens Colleges and condemn Trinity College

August 30, 1875

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calendar 1874

Michael Banim, storywriter, dies; along with his brother and co-author John, he sought to create sympathetic, yet non-stereotypical Irish characters in his stories

August 30, 1874

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calendar 1870

Birth of golf course designer Dr Alister Mackenzie; he was responsible for Augusta National and Cypress Point, among others.

August 30, 1870

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calendar 1855

Birth of Feargus Edward O’Connor, Chartist leader

August 30, 1855

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calendar 1841

The Cork Examiner, now The Irish Examiner, hits the streets for the first time

August 30, 1841

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calendar 1820

James Wilson - Scottish patriot, died

August 30, 1820

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calendar 1709

All registered Catholic priests in Ireland are required to renounce the claims of the Stuarts to the thrones of England and Ireland — only 33 out of 1,089 comply

August 30, 1709

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calendar 1708

Penal Laws passed in 1695 restricting Catholics rights are strengthened for the second time

August 30, 1708