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You may know all about the Easter Rising and the Good Friday Agreement, but did you know that the hypodermic needle was invented in Tallaght? Or that Dublin was the first city in the world to have a woman stockbroker, decades before London or New York? Or that the formula used to create the video game Tomb Raider was sketched on a bridge in Cabra in the nineteenth century?

With one entry for every day of the year, this book marks the anniversaries of momentous events in Irish history: in politics, medicine, music, sport and innovation.

In this accessible, comprehensive and authoritative book, discover the moments that have helped to shape the national identity of Ireland.



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A monumental book. Unputdownable, educational, thoroughly enjoyable and historically accurate.

-- Joe Duffy

this handsome hardback will be bound to leap onto the gift list when the festive season approaches … once you look up a particular date, it is well-nigh impossible not to read the entry before or after it … it has something for everyone

* Tuam Herald *

This Day in Irish History: From the social media

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      Publisher O'Brien Press Ltd
      Published 6 June 2022
      ISBN-13 9781788493666
      978-1788493666
      ISBN-10 1788493664
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      You may know all about the Easter Rising and the Good Friday Agreement, but did you know that the hypodermic needle was invented in Tallaght? Or that Dublin was the first city in the world to have a woman stockbroker, decades before London or New York? Or that the formula used to create the video game Tomb Raider was sketched on a bridge in Cabra in the nineteenth century?

      With one entry for every day of the year, this book marks the anniversaries of momentous events in Irish history: in politics, medicine, music, sport and innovation.

      In this accessible, comprehensive and authoritative book, discover the moments that have helped to shape the national identity of Ireland.



      Trade Review

      A monumental book. Unputdownable, educational, thoroughly enjoyable and historically accurate.

      -- Joe Duffy

      this handsome hardback will be bound to leap onto the gift list when the festive season approaches … once you look up a particular date, it is well-nigh impossible not to read the entry before or after it … it has something for everyone

      * Tuam Herald *

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