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Barrister, Writer.

b. 18 Sep 1846, Castletown, Berehaven, Co. Cork; ed . Tipperary Grammer School and TCD where he had an outstanding career and excelled also as a debater and as a sportsman. he was called to the Bar in 1872 but practised little, turning instead , under the influence of John O'Donovan, to a study of the Old Irish myths and legends, although he knew little Irish. Hisworks, which influenced the Irish literary revival of the 1890's, popularised the Irish sagas and included

History of Ireland - Heroic Period (2 vols, 1878 -81)

Early Bardic Literature of Ireland (1879)

Finn and his Companions (1891)

The Bog of Stars and other stories (1893)

The Coming of Cuchulain (1894)

The Chain of Gold (1895)

The Flight of the Eagle (1897)

The Departure of Dermot (1913)

The Triumph and the Passing of Cuchulain (1919)

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Birthday September 18, 1846

  • The temperature on September 18, 1846 was about 15.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: half bewolkt. Source: KNMI
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    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In the year 1846: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
    • February 10 » First Anglo-Sikh War: Battle of Sobraon: British defeat Sikhs in the final battle of the war.
    • May 7 » The Cambridge Chronicle, America's oldest surviving weekly newspaper, is published for the first time in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
    • June 15 » The Oregon Treaty extends the border between the United States and British North America, established by the Treaty of 1818, westward to the Pacific Ocean.
    • June 19 » The first officially recorded, organized baseball game is played under Alexander Cartwright's rules on Hoboken, New Jersey's Elysian Fields with the New York Base Ball Club defeating the Knickerbockers 23–1. Cartwright umpired.
    • September 12 » Elizabeth Barrett elopes with Robert Browning.
    • December 24 » British acquired Labuan from the Sultanate of Brunei for Great Britain.


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