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Tuesday, December 21, 2004
 
Today in Irish History

1796 - A French fleet under General Hoche with Wolfe Tone, 43 vessels and 14,500 men sails from Brest in December and is scattered by storms; 36 ships arrive at Bantry Bay but do not attempt a landing and return to France, thus preventing what might have been an Irish/French victory over the English

1919 - Dáil Éireann meets for the first time and elects Eamon de Valera as first President of Ireland


 
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