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From: Pat Connors <>
Subject: [Irish-American] December 2
Date: Tue, 02 Dec 2003 08:35:27 -0800


from my Irish Birthday book....

1802 Birth of Dominic Corrigan, physician and discoverer of the heart
complaint know as 'Corrigan's Pulse'

from the Irish Culture & Customs webpage...

1791 - Death in Kilkenny of Henry Flood, founder of the movement which
forces Britain to grant legislative independence to Ireland
1802 - Sir Dominic Corrigan, cardiologist, is born in Dublin
1805 - William Thompson, naturalist, is born in Belfast
1811 - The Kildare Place Society is formed to maintain
non-denominational schools and to promote the education of the poor
1865 - The Fenian senate deposes founder John O'Mahoney as president,
replacing him with William Roberts
1877 - Birth of nationalist politician Cahir Healy in Mountcharles, Co.
Donegal
1924 - William Craig, unionist politician, is born
1998 - In an effort to break the deadlock in the stalled Northern
Ireland political process, British Premier Tony Blair holds intensive
discussions with David Trimble and Seamus Mallon at Stormont
1998 - Death of Mary McShain at Killarney House, Killarney, Co. Kerry.
In 1960, she and her late husband, John McShain, acquired the Killarney
Estate, which had been owned by the Earls of Kenmare since the 16th
century. Most of that property has since been turned over the State and
Killarney House will now be turned over as well
1999 - The Good Friday Agreement comes into operation as the British and
Irish governments formally notify each other that all the necessary
arrangements are in place.The notification ceremony takes place at
Iveagh House, St Stephen’s Green, headquarters of the Department of
Foreign Affairs, at a joint signing by Foreign Affairs Minister, David
Andrews, and the Northern Ireland Secretary of State, Peter Mandelson
1999 - President Mary McAleese is entertained to lunch by Queen
Elizabeth at Buckingham Palace
1999 - The IRA appoints an unnamed representative to enter into talks
with General John de Chastelain on decommissioning
2002 - Former Fine Gael deputy leader Jim Mitchell loses his three-year
battle with cancer.

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Pat Connors, Sacramento CA
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