On A Clare Day Down Through History (Aug 30 - Sept 05)

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Sunday, 29 August 2010 07:56

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August 30, 1708 - Penal Laws passed in 1695 restricting Catholics rights are strengthened for the second time
August 30, 1690 - First siege of Limerick ends
August 31, 2008 - Over 250 holidaymakers are stranded in Majorca as their Spanair aircraft is grounded for tecnical reasons as it prepares to fly to Shannon
September 1, 2008 - Met Eireann reports that Clare has experienced its wettest August since records began
September 1, 2009 - Boxing legend Muhammad Ali visits Ennis, the birthplace of his his ancestor.
September 2, 1939 - In Dail Eireann, Eamon de Valera declared that the 26 counties would remain neutral in WW2
September 3, 1850 - Captain Arthur Edward Kennedy - a British colonial administrator who served as governor of a number of British colonies - leaves Kilrush with his wife and family on September 3rd, 1850
September 4, 1690 - Having failed to take Limerick, William leaves Ireland
September 5, 1930 - The first edition of the Irish Press, a Dublin daily newspaper founded by De Valera as a platform for Fianna Fáil, is published
September 5, 1954 - KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Flight 633 crashes near Shannon killing 28 people