Top ten
- Assassination of Lincoln
April 27th, 1865 - Kitty O'Shea divorce case
Dec 31st, 1889 - The Sinn Fein Rising
May 5th, 1916 - Peace today in Europe
May 8th, 1945 - Delaney wins 1500 metres
March 12th, 1956 - Dublin greets Kennedy
June 27th, 1963 - Soldiers kill 13 in Bogside
Janc 31th, 1972 - Roche races to victory
July 27th, 1987 - IRA announces an end to violence
Sep 1st, 1994 - Twin towers
Sepc 12th, 2001
On This Day »
May 21st, 1953FROM THE ARCHIVES: Myles na Gopaleen turned Darwinism on its head in this Cruiskeen Lawn column.
May 19th, 1972FROM THE ARCHIVES: IRA prisoners took over Mountjoy prison in Dublin for six hours, holding three prison officers hostage and wrecking the interior of the building. Some of them communicated from the roof with reporters, including Dick Grogan and Godfrey Fitzsimons for The Irish Times.
