On August 23, 1170 in Celtic History
Strongbow, a henchman of henry ii, arrives in waterford at the behest of dermot MC murrough, an event described in the annals of ulster as he beginning of the woes of ireland

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William Wallace, Scottish patriot, hanged, disemboweled, beheaded, and quartered in London
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