Highlighted Events from July

July 31, 1922
Harry Boland shot by Free Staters
Harry Boland shot by Free Staters in Skerries; he would die three days later
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July 8, 1981
Joe McDonnell, Irish political prisoner, dies
Joseph McDonnell (14 September 1951 – 8 July 1981) was a volunteer in the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) who died during the 1981 Irish hunger strike.
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July 2, 1903
Birth of Lord Home of the Hirsel
Birth of Lord Home of the Hirsel, Foreign Secretary and UK Prime Minister.
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July 18, 0390
Battle of Allia
Rome was in midst of its early expansion with wars against its neighbors, notably the Etruscans in the 5th century BC
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