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Architect & designer Eileen Gray (b.#OTD 1878) disagreed with Corbusier's view of a house as 'a machine for living.' Her designs were characterised by detailed attention to human needs & finding solutions to problems of space, storage & lighting. dib.ie/biography/gray… #DIBLives

In April 1900 the USS Holland became the 1st submarine officially commissioned by the US Navy. It was named for its inventor, John Philip Holland (d. #OTD 1914), whose idea was initially dismissed as the ‘fantastic scheme of a civilian landsman’. dib.ie/biography/holl… #DIBLives

Childhood deaths from TB peaked in Dublin city in 1947 - of the 138 deaths, 101 were aged 5 or less. Margaret 'Pearl' Dunlevy (b.#OTD 1909) was handpicked to spearhead a childhood BCG vaccination scheme & by 1953 childhood TB death were down 82%. dib.ie/biography/dunl… #DIBLives

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‘The heart and hearth of Dublin.’ In 1894 Ernest Bewley (d. #OTD 1932) opened his first Oriental Café in Sth Grt George's St. At first the cafés catered for Dublin's social elite, but later attracted poets, politicians, shoppers & students. dib.ie/index.php/biog… #DIBLives

Making no distinction between federal & rebel, black & white, catholic & protestant, Limerick born Mary Connolly (Sister Anthony, b. #OTD 1814) pioneered battlefield triage techniques which saved countless lives during the American Civil War. dib.ie/biography/ocon… #DIBLives

Generous with her time, especially with young researchers, 'Madam Dragonfly' Cynthia Longfield (b. #OTD 1896) travelled extensively throughout the world, always with net in hand. In 1983 she was made first fellow of the British Dragonfly Society. dib.ie/biography/long… #DIBLives

In November 1875 Fenian John Breslin landed at Fremantle, Australia where, posing as an American millionaire, he visited Fenian prisoners held there & planned/executed their escape. #OTD 1876 they sailed into New York harbour aboard the Catalpa. dib.ie/biography/bres… #DIBLives

Recorded at the Hammersmith Odeon in November 1976, Thin Lizzy's 'Live and Dangerous' had everything: power, melody, energy, excitement & humour, all marshalled around Phil Lynott's magnetic stage presence. He was born #OTD 1949. dib.ie/biography/lyno… #DIBLives

#OTD 1911 suffragists, trade unionists & activists Helen Chenevix & Louie Bennett co-founded the Irish Women's Suffrage Federation, an umbrella organisation which, by 1913, had connected 15 Irish suffrage societies with links to Europe & the USA. dib.ie/biography/chen… #DIBLives

#OTD 1922 Michael Collins revolutionary leader, chairman of the Irish provisional government & commander-in-chief of the provisional govnmnt army was killed in an ambush in the emote valley of Béal na Blath, close to his birthplace in West Cork. dib.ie/biography/coll… #DIBLives

#OTD 1170 Richard FitzGilbert de Clare (Strongbow), earl of Pembroke & Strigoil, lord of Leinster, & one of the pivotal figures of Irish history, landed near Waterford with a force of 200 knights & 1,000 other troops. The city fell 2 days later. dib.ie/biography/clar… #DIBLives

Beginning #OTD 1913 when tramcar drivers & conductors abandoned their vehicles, the #DublinLockout was one of the most significant industrial disputes in Irish history. James Byrne was the first person arrested; he was imprisoned & fined. dib.ie/biography/byrn… #DIBLives

Trade unionist & suffragist Cissie Cahalan (d. #OTD 1948) was the first and only female president of the Irish Union of Distributive Workers and Clerks. Her tenure oversaw the establishment of a minimum wage and an end to the living-in system. dib.ie/biography/caha… #DIBLives

One of the most important & innovative figures in the development of the ghost story, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (b. #OTD 1814) created a pervasive air of insecurity by combining banal domestic detail with supernatural horror or criminal intrigue. dib.ie/biography/le-f… #DIBLives

Ireland's first Paralympian was Joan Horan. Diagnosed with a cyst on her spine, she endured six years lying on her stomach and was paralysed by 1953. In 1960 she competed in the inaugural #Paralympic games, winning gold in swimming and archery. dib.ie/biography/hora… #DIBLives

“I can't think of a case where poems changed the world, but what they do is they change people's understanding of what's going on in the world.” Poet Seamus Heaney died #OTD 2013. His last text to his wife read, 'Noli timere' (do not be afraid). dib.ie/biography/hean… #DIBLives

Between 1932 & 1936 scholars from Harvard University explored Ireland's archaeological & anthropological heritage. In this month's blog, Patrick Maume explores Lord Dunsany's fantastical response to the Harvard Irish Mission. dib.ie/blog/race-cran… #DIBLives

“September has come, it is hers Whose vitality leaps in the autumn, Whose nature prefers Trees without leaves and a fire in the fireplace.” Poet, critic, dramatist & broadcaster Louis MacNeice died #OTD 1963. dib.ie/biography/macn… #DIBLives

More romantic & less radical in her nationalism than her sister Anna, Fanny Parnell's (b. #OTD 1848) later reputation as the poet of the Land League obscured her success in establishing a political role for women in Irish-American circles. dib.ie/biography/parn… #DIBLives