Sun 26 Nov 1972

RTÉ Journalist Kevin O'Kelly is imprisoned for contempt of court

Sat 26 Nov 1955

Saor Uladh (Free Ulster) a splinter group of the IRA, attacks the police barracks in Rosslea, Co. Fermanagh

Fri 26 Nov 1926

Rugby player Karl Mullen is born in Courtown Harbour, Co. Wexford

Thu 26 Nov 1885

Thomas Andrews, chemist and physicist, born in Belfast

Wed 26 Nov 1873

Osborn Joseph Bergin, Celtic Scholar, born in Cork

Fri 26 Nov 1852

Aeneas Coffey, inventor of the Coffey Still, dies

Sat 26 Nov 1836

John Loudon McAdam Scottish engineer who developed the macadam road died

Tue 26 Nov 1624

John Stearne, founder and first president of the College of Physicians, born