John Power, 2nd Earl of Tyrone, dies on October 14, 1693. Shortly afterward his spirit reportedly appears to Lady Nicola Sophia Hamilton, widow of Sir Tristram Beresford, 3rd Baronet. The tale is o…

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Rónán Thomas Mullen, Irish independent senator and leader of the Human Dignity Alliance, known for his advocacy of social conservative values, particularly on pro-life and family issues, is born on…

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., told CBS News he intends to remain the House Republican leader if the GOP loses control of the chamber in the midterm elec...

Charles Boyle, 3rd Viscount Dungarvan, passes away intestate on October 12, 1694, in Londesborough, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, predeceasing his father and passing his titles to his eldest s…

Andrew Alexander Watt, JP, DL, Irish landowner and businessman, dies on October 11, 1928, at Easton Hall in Lincolnshire, England. He has a net worth of over £900,000 at the time of his death, wort…

Henry Brooke, Irish novelist and dramatist, dies in Dublin on October 10, 1783. Brooke is born and raised at Rantavan House near Mullagh, a village in the far south of&nbsp…

On October 9, 2002, Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) leader Mark Durkan (pictured) urges the British and Irish governments to do everything possible to minimise damage to the Good Friday A…

Kathleen “Kay” Mills-Hill, a sportsperson who plays senior camogie with Dublin from 1941 until 1961, is born in 31 South Square, Inchicore, Dublin, on…

On October 7, 2022, a devastating explosion strikes the Applegreen petrol station and adjacent apartment complex in Creeslough, County Donegal, killing ten people and injuring eight. The suspected …

Emily FitzGerald, Duchess of Leinster, an Anglo-Irish aristocrat, is born Lady Emilia Mary Lennox in London on October 6, 1731. She is the second of the renowned Lennox sisters, and a prominent mat…

Kathleen O’Connell, an Irish republican activist and Éamon de Valera’s personal secretary, is born Catherine O’Connell at Caherdaniel, County Kerry, on October 5, 1888. …

Christopher James “Kit” Colles, Irish-born engineer, surveyor, and inventor notable for his contributions to early American surveying, waterworks, and infrastructural innovation in the late 18th ce…

Ireland becomes a member of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on October 3, 1961, joining the European and North American Group of Member States. UNESCO …

King Richard II of England lands at Waterford, County Waterford, on October 2, 1394, at the head of the largest English military force ever to enter an Irish port. This marks the beginning of his f…

On October 1, 2001, Fitzpatrick’s Bar & Restaurant in Jenkinstown, County Louth, is named the Black & White Pub of the Year County Award winner for County Louth. This recognition is part of…

Justin Huntly McCarthy, writer and nationalist politician, is born in Liverpool, England, on September 30, 1856, son of the writer and politician Justin McCarthy and his wife, Charlotte, daugh…

Matthew Tone, brother of Society of United Irishmen leader Theobald Wolfe Tone, is executed on September 29, 1798, at Arbour Hill Prison in Dublin after being captured at the Battle of Ballinamuck …

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Francis Annesley, an Irish lawyer and politician of Ulster Protestant descent, is expelled from the Irish House of Commons on September 28, 1703, following his role in the “Report of the Commission…

A key meeting takes place in Northern Ireland on September 27, 1998, as part of the post-Good Friday Agreement peace process. The principal participants are British Prime Minister Tony Blair, David…

MEDINAH, IL – U.S. President Donald Trumpis expected to do more than just make an appearance at the Presidents Cup on Sunday. Hand out the trophy as he did i...

Sir Andrew Reed KCB CVO JP, Anglo-Irish barrister and inspector-general of the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC), is born in Galway, County Galway, on September 26, 1837. Reed is the son of John Reed …

Ticket prices for Tennessee football's home game vs Texas have dropped by nearly $100 after President Donald Trump announced he would attend.

On September 25, 1999, a group of Protestant civil rights marchers in Belfast deliberately defy a ban imposed by the Belfast City Council to participate in an event during the so-called “Long March…

Saoradh — Irish for “Liberation” — is formally founded on September 24, 2016, as a revolutionary Irish republican political party and pressure group by dissident republicans opposed to the Good Fri…

Washington — A federal judge early Thursday morning temporarily blocked senior Trump admin...

Desmond Ellis, Sinn Féin politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin North-West constituency since the 2011 Irish general election, is born in Fing…

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At least 550,000 voters registered or updated their registration last week, according to final tallies the nonpartisan nonprofit National Voter Registration Day shared exclusively with Democracy Docke...

On September 22, 1626, Charles I, king of England, Scotland, and Ireland agrees to offer twenty-six concessions — later expanded to fifty-one articles— to Irish Catholics and landlords in return fo…

President Donald Trump has launched his own television channel after banning three networks from the White House television press pool. The announcement come...

On September 21, 1170, the Kingdom of Dublin, a Norse-Gaelic stronghold established by Viking settlers in the 9th century, falls to a combined force of Diarmait Mac Murchada (Dermot MacMurrough), t…