Posted by murrisk on April 09, 2001 at 22:39:49:
April 13, 1742 - Handel's Messiah performed for the first time in Music Hall, Fishamble Street Dublin.
April 13, 1829 - catholic emancipation act.
April 14, 181836 - decision of the Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland to dissolve. What happened ?
April 10, 1838 - total abstinence movement founded.
April 12, 1861 - American civil war starts.
April 20, 1879 - land league meeting, Irishtown, Co. Mayo.
April 14-15, 1912 - Titanic sinks.
April 21, 1916 - Roger Casement landed at Banna strand.
April 24, 1916 - Easter rising.
April 16, 1929 - proportional representation abolished in northern Ireland elections.
April 25, 1945 - Congress of Irish Trade Unions formed.
April 04, 1949 - NATO formed.
April 11, 1951 - Dr. Noel Browne, Health Minister, resigns over the 'mother and child' scheme.
April 28, 1958 - Aer Lingus starts service to north America.
April 21, 1970 - Alliance party founded in northern Ireland.
April 02, 1982 - Argentina occupied the Falkland Islands.