January (Eanáir) 13
1695 - Jonathan Swift becomes Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin. (Swift’s works)
1800 - Daniel O'Connell makes his first public speech, opposing Union with England
Daniel O'Connell (6 August 1775 – 15 May 1847) (Irish: Dónal Ó Conaill), known as The Liberator, or The Emancipator, was an Irish political leader in the first half of the nineteenth century. He campaigned for Catholic Emancipation - the right for Catholics to sit in the Westminster Parliament, denied for over 100 years - and Repeal of the Union between Ireland and Great Britain.
1880 - Alexander St. John Reginald Herbert Brenon, film director, is born in Dún Laoghaire, Co. Dublin (IMDB entry)
1895
- Oscar Wilde's
"Ideal Husband" premieres in London
http://www.cmgww.com/historic/wilde/
1931
- Maura Clarke,
Maryknoll nun and martyr is born of Irish parents in NYC
1935 - Eibhin Nic Choill (Eleanor Hill) Irish CCeltic scholar dies
1941
- James Joyce,
considered by many to be one of the most important modern authors in English
because of his revolutionary approach to the novel, dies in Zurich
http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=6775
http://www.online-literature.com/james_joyce/
1964 - Ulster golfer, Ronan Rafferty is born
1998 - Northern Ireland takes another giant steep towards peace after the political parties at Stormont accept the British and Irish governments blueprint as the basis for negotiation
2000 - It is announced that a 1,000 year old trreasure trove has been discovered by a tour guide cleaning up litter from a Co Kilkenny cave. The priceless Viking age silver and bronze jewellery is unique - nothing like them have been found in Ireland or elsewhere
2001 - One and a half copies of the most importtant piece of documentation of the 20th century in Ireland, the Declaration of Independence, is sold to a New York collector for £56,000
2003
- It is announced that the Government is tto undertake a major review of Gaeltacht areas amid concerns
of a dramatic fall-off in Irish language use in many areas.
http://www.technoharp.com/Gaeltacht/gaeltach.htm