Sat 12 Oct 1929

Birth of Magnus Magnusson, writer, broadcaster and question master in TV programme Mastermind.

Thu 12 Oct 1911

Birth in Portrush of Fred Daly, the only Irishman to win a golf major - the British Open in 1947

Thu 12 Oct 1876

Jerome Connor, sculptor, is born near Anascaul, Co. Kerry

Fri 12 Oct 1866

Ramsay MacDonald, first Labour Prime Minister of UK, born in Lossiemouth.

Fri 12 Oct 1798

French fleet intercepted off Donegal. Wolfe Tone captured when The Hoche strikes its colors

Mon 12 Oct 1671

Peter Drake, soldier and memoir author, is born in Co. Meath

Thu 12 Oct 1645

Archbishop Rinuccini arrives in Ireland