Irish History on the Day that's in it

Thursday, 15 March 2018

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15 March 1852: Lady Gregory was born on this day. Isabella Augusta Persse was an Irish dramatist, folklorist and theatre manager. With ...
Wednesday, 14 March 2018

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14‭ ‬March‭ 1921: Six members of the IRA were executed in Dublin on this day. The men were hanged in Mountjoy Jail. Paddy Moran and...
Tuesday, 13 March 2018

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13‭ ‬March‭ ‬1846: The Ballinglass Evictions took place on this day. The local landlords, Mr. and Mrs. Gerrard, had the population of t...
Monday, 12 March 2018

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12 March 1689: King James II landed at Kinsale, Co Cork on this day. He brought with him some 6,000 French soldiers, attended by a Fren...
Sunday, 11 March 2018

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11 March 1597:A Huge explosion rocked the quays of Dublin on this day. On a dry and breezy Friday afternoon over 400 years ago the c...
Saturday, 10 March 2018

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10 March‭ ‬1653:‭ ‬Sir Phelim O'Neill was hanged,‭ ‬drawn and quartered at Dublin on this day.‭ ‬Sir Phelim was a wanted man from ...
Thursday, 8 March 2018

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8‭ ‬March 1966: A group of Irish Republicans blew up Nelson’s Pillar in Dublin on this day. The 121 foot high column to England’s g...
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