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From: Pat Connors <>
Subject: [NY IRISH] November 3
Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2003 08:30:07 -0800


from the Irish Birthday book....

1854 Catholic University, the precursor of University College Dublin, opens

From the Irish Culture and Customs website...

November 3
1380 - Edmund Mortimer, 6th Earl of Ulster, holds a parliament at
Dublin, which confirms the Statutes of Kilkenny
1692 - The only session of the exclusively Protestant Irish parliament
of William III and Mary ends on this date
1717 - Henry Luttrell, soldier and suspected betrayer of the Jacobites,
is assassinated in Dublin
1788 - Thomas Steele, landlord and supporter of Daniel O'Connell is born
in Derrymore, Co. Clare
1815 - Birth in Dungiven, Co. Derry of John Mitchel, patriot and founder
of the newspaper the United Irishman
1854 - The Catholic University of Ireland is opened with J. H. Newman as
its first rector
1903 - Tomas O Fiaich, Irish language author and Cardinal-Archbishop of
Armagh is born
1917 - Birth of Conor Cruise O'Brien, diplomat, political commentator
and writer
1932 - Birth in Rooskey, Co. Roscommon of Albert Reynolds, politician
and businessman, Fianna Fáil leader and Taoiseach from 1992-1994
1969 - Introduction of the breathalyser into Ireland
1999 - A two-shilling book of Irish stamps, forgotten since being bought
in the 1930s, is set to fetch £1000 at auction. The stamps - six at two
pence, nine at a penny and six at a halfpenny - were almost certainly
bought for use when they were purchased some time between 1931 and
1940.The orange coloured front cover bears the word STAMPAI and an
advert proclaiming: McCairns for Vauxhalls and Bedfords, Showrooms, 2
Dawson Street, Dublin
1999 - Former US Senator George Mitchell says he has no intention of
imposing a deadline on the peace negotiations with Northern Ireland’s
political leaders
2000 - Sinn Féin is given the go ahead to legally challenge David
Trimble’s contentious ban on the party’s ministers attending North South
Ministerial Council meetings
2000 - The country’s first graduates of Science in Electronics
Manufacturing are conferred with their degrees
2000 - The first All Ireland Food Safety Campaign is launched. It is
aimed at reducing the number of food poisoning cases on both sides of
the border
In the liturgical calendar, today is the feast day of Maél Máedoc Úa
Morgair - St. Malachy of Armagh.

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Pat Connors, Sacramento CA
http://www.connorsgenealogy.com
Professional Genealogy Research
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