Events for September 01September 1, 1856Birth of Irish Nationalist Party leader John Redmond in Ballytrent, Co. WexfordRead MoreSeptember 1, 1870Isaac Butt founds the Home Government Association; Home Rule is now the objective of constitutional nationalistsRead MoreSeptember 1, 0714Death of St Giles, patron saint of Edinburgh (and Elgin).Read MoreSeptember 1, 1729Death of dramatist, essayist and publisher Sir Richard Steele, the Dubliner who founded The Tatler and The SpectatorRead More
