On August 26, 1940 in Celtic History

German aircraft bomb a creamery at campile, co. wexford; three women are killed

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Mon 26 Aug 1940

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    Also known as The Great Dublin Lockout, the Dublin Transport Strike, led by Jim Larkin and James Connolly, begins

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    Five Dublin children receive the first recorded smallpox innoculations in Ireland

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