On October 20, 1892 in Celtic History
Birth near castleblaney, co. monaghan of general eoin o’ duffy, first commissioner of the garda síochána ( blue shirts)
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1794
Duel between John Gustavus Crosbie and Sir Barry Denny, the sitting MP, the first fire Denny is shot fatally
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1775
Two hundred passengers are lost in the shipwrecks of the brigs Trevor Totty and Nonpareil
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1674
Birth of James Logan, Colonial statesman and scholar in Lurgan, Co. Armagh
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