Events for July 27

July 27, 1846

William Smith O’Brien leads the Young Irelanders out of the Repeal Association

William Smith O’Brien (Irish: Liam Mac Gabhann Ó Briain; 17 October 1803 – 18 June 1864) was an Irish nationalist Member of Parliament (MP) and a leader of the Young Ireland movement. He also encouraged the use of the Irish language. He was convicted of sedition for his part in the Young Irelander “Famine Rebellion” of 1848 but his sentence of death was commuted to deportation to Van Diemen’s Land.

July 27, 1602

Hugh O'Neill's principal vassal, Donnell Ballagh O'Cahan, submits to Henry Docwra

Donnell Ballagh O’Cahan (died 1627) was an Irish landowner in Ulster.

July 27, 1710

George Carpenter, former MP for Newtown, is wounded at Battle of Almenara, Spain

Lieutenant-General George Carpenter, 1st Baron Carpenter of Killaghy (10 February 1657 – 10 February 1731) was a British army officer who also sat in the House of Commons from 1715 to 1727. First commissioned in 1685, Carpenter took part in the 1689 to 1691 Williamite War in Ireland, before being transferred to Flanders in 1692 for service in the 1688 to 1697 Nine Years’ War.

July 27, 1689

Battle of Killiecrankie

1689 Scottish Jacobite rising The Battle of Killiecrankie (Scottish Gaelic: Blàr Choille Chnagaidh), also referred to as the Battle of Rinrory, took place on 27 July 1689 during the 1689 Scottish Jacobite rising. A Jacobite force under John Graham, Viscount Dundee, defeated a government army commanded by Hugh Mackay.