Highlighted Events from DecemberWed 10 Dec 1479Garret More Fitzgerald of Kildare, the Great Earl, holds a parliament in DublinFri 01 Dec 1848The paddle steamer The Londonderry, with immigrants fleeing the famine, takes shelter in Derry harbourSun 13 Dec 1903Sir William McCrea, mathematician and astronomer, is born in DublinThu 07 Dec 1922The six counties of Northern Ireland opt out of the Free Statedecember016 events029 events036 events048 events055 events0610 events079 events087 events094 events108 events115 events124 events133 events141 item153 events163 events173 events183 events191 item204 events213 events224 events232 events244 events251 item261 item271 item281 item291 item301 item311 item