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Death of Limerick man, Frank Ryan. He was the organiser and leader of the 200 Irishmen who went to Spain to fight against Franco and fascism in 1936
Death of Limerick man, Frank Ryan. He was the organiser and leader of the 200 Irishmen who went to Spain to fight against Franco and fascism in 1936 …

Eamon de Valera is returned as Taoiseach
Eamon de Valera is returned as Taoiseach …

Pay As You Earn Income Tax introduced for the first time in Scotland
Pay As You Earn Income Tax introduced for the first time in Scotland Devised by Sir Paul Chambers, PAYE was introduced into the UK in 1944, following trials in 1940–1941. As with many of the United Kingdom’s institutional arrangements, the way in which the state collects income tax through PAYE owes much of its form and structure to the peculiarities of the era in which it was devised. …

Mairead Corrigan-Maguire, founder of NI Peace Movement, born
Mairead Corrigan-Maguire, founder of NI Peace Movement, born Mairead Maguire (born 27 January 1944), also known as Mairead Corrigan Maguire and formerly as Mairéad Corrigan, is a peace activist from Northern Ireland. She co-founded, with Betty Williams and Ciaran McKeown, the Women for Peace, which later became the Community for Peace People, an organization dedicated to encouraging a peaceful resolution of the Troubles in Northern Ireland. Maguire and Williams were awarded the 1976 Nobel Peace Prize. …

Poet William Souter died in Perth.
Poet William Souter died in Perth. …