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Birth near Castleblaney, Co. Monaghan of General Eoin O’Duffy, first commissioner of the Garda Síochána (Blue Shirts)

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Birth of Allan Ramsay, painter and son of Allan Ramsay the poet.

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Birth of author and patriot, Thomas Osborne Davis in Mallow, Co. Cork

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Birth of Brian O’Nolan, aka Flann O’Brien and Myles na gCopaleen in Strabane, Co. Tyrone