8 November- a busy day in Irish history.
1928: The first shipment of plant & equipment from Detroit for the new Fordson factory arrives in Cork on board the SS Lake Gorin.
1960: In Niemba Congo 9 Irish soldiers serving with the UN die in an ambush.
Moving on a few years -
1928: The first shipment of plant & equipment from Detroit for the new Fordson factory arrives in Cork on board the SS Lake Gorin.
1960: In Niemba Congo 9 Irish soldiers serving with the UN die in an ambush.
Moving on a few years -
1984: Charles Mitchell, RTE’s newscaster and the man who announced news of the assassination of President John F Kennedy to an Irish audience, retired, giving his last broadcast. Vice-president of the Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals for several years in the
1980s, he bred basset hounds and adjudicated at dog shows. He died in 1996.
1987: An IRA no warning bomb kills 11 civilians and maims another 19 attending a peaceful Rememberance Day event in Enniskillen, & to round off the day on 8 November
Then three years later in 1990
1987: An IRA no warning bomb kills 11 civilians and maims another 19 attending a peaceful Rememberance Day event in Enniskillen, & to round off the day on 8 November
Then three years later in 1990
on 8 November
1990: Mary Therese Winifred Bourke aka Mary Robinson is declared as the winner of the 1990 Irish Presidential Election. She is elected as the first female President of Ireland
1990: Mary Therese Winifred Bourke aka Mary Robinson is declared as the winner of the 1990 Irish Presidential Election. She is elected as the first female President of Ireland
