On October 12, 1671 in Celtic History
Peter drake, soldier and memoir author, is born in co. meath
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1929
Birth of Magnus Magnusson, writer, broadcaster and question master in TV programme Mastermind.
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1911
Birth in Portrush of Fred Daly, the only Irishman to win a golf major - the British Open in 1947
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1866
Ramsay MacDonald, first Labour Prime Minister of UK, born in Lossiemouth.
October 12, 1866
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1798
French fleet intercepted off Donegal. Wolfe Tone captured when The Hoche strikes its colors
October 12, 1798