The direct cause of WWI was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand at Sarajevo on 28 June 1914. However historians feel that a number of factors contributed to the rivalry between the Great powers that allowed war on such a wide-scale to break out.
The last time Ireland got hit was on September 17, 1963 by hurricane Debbie.
B. THEY WERE PROTESTING THE TEA ACT. a bill that was passed to save the fall of the east india company by lowering its tea tax by a great amount