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From: Pat Connors <>
Subject: [NY IRISH] November 15
Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2003 08:56:36 -0800

from my Irish Birthday book....

1881 Birth of William Pearse, brother of Patrick and one of the 16
executed in 1916 following the Easter Rising
1946 Formation of the Irish Naval Service

from the Irish Culture and Customs website...

1881 - William Pearse, brother of Patrick, is born in Dublin
1923 - Birth of Tom Clifford, rugby player, in Ballyporeen, Co. Tipperary
1945 - Petrol for private cars goes on sale in the State again for the
first time since before the War
1968 - Córas Iompair Éireann (CIE) retires its last dray horse
1985 - Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Irish Taoiseach Garret
FitzGerald sign the Anglo-Irish Agreement (AIA) at Hillsborough Castle.
It it is considered to represent the most significant development in the
relationships between Britain and Ireland since the partition settlement
in 1920. The Agreement is an international treaty lodged at the United
Nations and supported by the House of Commons and Dáil Éireann
1998 - Bridget Dirrane, who was imprisoned with Kevin Barry and who
canvassed for John F. Kennedy in the United States, celebrates her 104th
birthday with news that she is to be featured in the new edition of the
Guinness Book of Records. Earlier this year, Bridget received an
honorary Master of Arts degree from NUI Galway which makes her the
oldest person in the world to be awarded a degree
1999 - Gardaí order the cancellation of a lecture by British revisionist
historian David Irving after 600 anti-fascists stage a protest at the
University of Cork
2000 - Taoiseach Bertie Ahern is placed in a political minefield on the
abortion issue as a Dáil committee fails to agree on the way forward. He
now faces demands from the four Independents to hold a referendum on the
issue
2000 - The Northern peace process is plunged into crisis when Sinn Féin
president Gerry Adams announces the party will mount a legal challenge
to David Trimble’s ban on its ministers attending North South meetings
2001 - Jacob's Bakery celebrates its 150th anniversary with the launch
of a book detailing its history, "Jacob's Bakery - Limited Twiglets."
The author, Séamas O´ Maitiú, jokes that the working title was Quaker
Bakers go Crackers. The famous bakery was founded in 1851 by two Quaker
brothers from Waterford, William and Rober Jacob
2002 - The number of people on waiting lists for local authority houses
is set to soar following government spending cutbacks. Fresh figures
show the number of applicants waiting for social housing has reached
50,000 - a 25% increase in just three years

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Pat Connors, Sacramento CA
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