2015 Event Australian golfer Jason Day wins the PGA Championship with a score of 20 under par; American Jordan Spieth wins second place, resulting in a rank of #1 in the world, replacing Northern Irish golf champ Rory McIlroy 2015 Event Prince Charles shakes hands with Gerry Adams, president of the Sinn Fein party, which was formerly part of the militant Irish Republican Army; Prince Charles is the first member of the British royal family to meet him 2014 Event The U.K. recognizes people of Cornish heritage as minorities in accordance with the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities; people of Scottish, Welsh and Irish heritage already have minority standing 2014 Event Michael D. Higgins, President of Ireland, makes the first visit to the U.K. as Irish head of state; his visit reciprocates that of Queen Elizabeth II to Ireland in 2011 2014 Event The world's largest banana company is created as the Irish fruit company Fyffes merges with U.S. company Chiquita; the new company, ChiquitaFyffes, will trade on the New York Stock Exchange 2013 Event Republic of Ireland voters determine whether the 90-year-old Seanad Eireann, Irish Senate should be abolished 2013 Event County Wicklow, Ireland holds funeral services for Irish mountaineer, Ian McKeever, who was killed by lightning on Mount Kilimanjaro 2012 Event The Golden Dagger award for best crime novel of the year is awarded to Irish writer, Gene Kerrigan, for 'The Rage' 2012 Event In Ireland, anti-austerity protesters use a coffin draped in the Irish tricolor 2011 Event In anticipation of Budget Day, students protesting against the Irish financial crisis occupy the office of Fine Gael lawmaker Anthony Lawlor 2011 Event Queen Elizabeth II visits Ireland's Croke Park in Dublin, where the Bloody Sunday massacre of 1920 occurred during the Irish War of Independence 2008 Event Irish voters reject the Treaty of Lisbon 2002 Death John B. Keane, Irish Playwright 2000 Death Joey Dunlop, Irish Celebrity 2000 Death Frank Patterson, Irish tenor, dies at 61 1999 Death Lord Killanin, Irish Journalist 1998 Event Twenty nine murdered by Irish terrorists in Omagh, Northern Ireland 1996 Death Patrick McGeown, politician, Belfast City Council councilor, volunteer, Provisional Irish Republican Army, participant, Irish hunger strike, 1981, dies at 40 from a heart attack 1996 Death Henry Diamond, Irish Nationalist MP, dies at 87 1996 Event Crufts show at NEC Birmingham, (1995 winner, Joshua, an Irish setter) 1995 Death Rory Gallagher, Irish rock guitarist (See Here), dies at 47 1994 Event Irish government of Reynolds resigns 1994 Death Frankie Kennedy, Irish flute player, tin whistle player, co-founder of the band Altan, dies at 38 of Ewing's sarcoma, in Northern Ireland 1994 Event Irish government announces end of a 20-year broadcasting ban on IRA 1993 Event British premier Major/Irish premier Reynolds signs Downing Street Declaration concerning Northern Ireland self determination 1992 Death Francis Bacon, Irish/British abstract painter, dies at 82 1992 Event Irish Republican Army bombs London financial district, killing 3 1992 Death William JF "Bill" Naughton, Irish/British playwright (Alfie), dies at 81 1991 Death Sean O'Faolain, J Whelan, Irish writer (Nest of Simple), dies at 91 1991 Event Irish Lesbians and Gays march in St. Patrick Day parade 1991 Event Members of Irish Gay and Lesbian Organization march in New York City parade 1990 Death John Stewart Bell, Irish Physicist 1990 Death Tomas O'Fiach, Tomas Seamus Fee, Irish cardinal-archbishop, dies 1989 Death Samuel Beckett, Irish/French writer (Molloy, Nobel 1969), dies at 83 1988 Death Peter Langan, Irish restaurateur (Langans London), dies in fire 1988 Death Sean MacBride, Ireland, commander of Irish Republican Army, dies at 83 1987 Event 11 die as a bomb planted by Irish Republican Army explodes 1987 Death John Huston, US/Irish actor and director (Maltese Falcon), dies at 81 1986 Event In referendum, Irish uphold ban on divorce 1986 Death Seamus McElwaine, Irish IRA-terrorist, killed at 25 1986 Event U.S. submarine Nathaniel Green runs aground in Irish Sea 1984 Event Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Smirnoff Ladies Irish Golf Open 1984 Death Denis Johnston, Irish Dramatist 1983 Death Rebecca West, Irish Author 1983 Birthday Samantha Mumba, born in Dublin, Ireland, singer, actress, song, 'Gotta Tell You' reached number one in the Irish charts, appeared in movie, 'The Time Machine' 1982 Event 11 soldiers and 6 civilians die by bomb planted by Irish National Liberation Army exploded in a pub in Ballykelly, Northern Ireland 1982 Death Patrick J G McGee, Irish actor (Barry Lyndon), dies at 60 1982 Death Patrick Magee, Irish actor (Clockwork Orange, King Lear), dies at 58 1982 Event Bombs planted by Irish Republican Army explode in 2 London parks 1982 Death Neil Fitzgerald, Irish actor (Bride of Frankenstein), dies at 90 1981 Event Irish Nationalist at Maze Prison near Belfast end 7-month hunger strike 1981 Death Bobby Sands, Irish IRA-terrorist, dies after hunger strike 1980 Birthday Robbie Keane, Irish Athlete 1977 Event Fianna Fail-party wins Irish elections 1977 Birthday Ronan Keating, born in Bayside Dublin, Ireland, Irish singer for Boyzone 1976 Birthday Shane Lynch, born in Dublin, Ireland, Irish singer, Boyzone 1976 Birthday Stephen Gately, born in Dublin, Ireland, Irish singer, Boyzone 1975 Death Eamon de Valera, Irish president (1937..59), dies at 92 1974 Event Irish Republican Socialist Party forms 1974 Event Irish Republican Army is outlawed in Britain following deaths of 21 1974 Birthday Keith Duffy, born in Dublin, Ireland, Irish singer, Boyzone 1974 Death Kate O'Brien, Irish writer (Pray for the Wanderer), dies at 76 1974 Birthday Andrea Corr, Irish Musician 1972 Birthday Stuart Townsend, Irish Actor 1972 Birthday Stephen O'Connor, Irish amateur snooker champ 1990 1972 Birthday Mikey Graham, born in Dublin, Ireland, Irish singer, Boyzone 1972 Event Paul McCartney releases "Give Ireland back to the Irish" single 1972 Event BBC bans "Give Ireland Back to the Irish" by Wings 1972 Event Wings release "Give Ireland Back to the Irish" in UK 1972 Death Padraic Colum, Irish poet/writer/founder (Irish Review), dies at 90 1971 Birthday Dylan Moran, Irish Comedian 1971 Death Sean O. Riada, born in County Limerick, Ireland, bandleader, composer, influential in 1960's traditional Irish music renaissance, dies at 40 1968 Event Unicorn by The Irish Rovers hits #7 1967 Death Patrick Kavanagh, Irish screenwriterr (Great Hunger), dies 1966 Event Jack Lynch becomes Irish premier 1965 Birthday Fiachna O'Braonain, Irish pop guitarist, Hothouse Flowers-Don't Go 1965 Birthday Eddie Irvine, Irish Celebrity 1964 Birthday Liam O'Maonlai, Irish vocalist/pianist, Hothouse Flowers-I'm Sorry 1964 Death Sean O'Casey, Irish playwright, 'Juno and the Paycock' and 'The Plough and the Stars', dies at 84 1964 Death Brendan Behan, Irish writer/poet, dies at 41 1963 Death Andrew Browne, Irish/British Admiral (Cape Matapan, WW II), dies at 80 1963 Birthday Kevin Shields, Irish Musician 1963 Birthday Graham Norton, Irish Celebrity 1961 Birthday Walter Swimburn, Irish jockey, Derby 1981 1960 Birthday Bono, born in Dublin, Ireland, born Paul David Hewson, Irish musician, activist, lead vocalist for rock band U2, 54th most successful songwriter in U.K. singles chart history, activism includes Product Red and the ONE campaign 1959 Birthday Gavin Friday, Fionan Hanvey, Irish singer, Virgin Prunes 1959 Birthday John Sykes, Irish hard rock guitarist, Thin Lizzy-Blue Murder 1959 Death Eric Blore, actor (Abie's Irish Rose, Love Happy), dies at 70 1958 Birthday Michael Flatley, born in Chicago, Illinois, Irish choreographer, Lord of Dance 1958 Birthday Fiona Shaw, Irish Actress 1957 Birthday Gwyn Evans, born in Maesteg, Wales, professional rugby player, played for Maesteg RFC, Barbarian FC, toured with the British and Irish Lions 1957 Event Irish premier Eamon de Valera arrests Sinn-Fein leaders 1957 Death Joyce Cary, Irish Novelist 1956 Birthday Patrick McGeown, born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, politician, Belfast City Council councilor, volunteer, Provisional Irish Republican Army, participant, Irish hunger strike, 1981 1956 Birthday Peter O'Toole, Irish pop bassist, Hothouse Flowers-People 1955 Birthday Leo Barnes, Irish saxophonist, Hothouse Flowers-I'm Sorry, Don't Go 1955 Birthday Frankie Kennedy, born in Belfast, Ireland, Irish flute player, tin whistle player, co-founder of the band Altan 1955 Death Michael Chekhov, actor (Rhapsody, Abie's Irish Rose), dies at 64 1952 Birthday Gary Moore, Irish rock guitarist, Skid Row-Oh Pretty Woman 1952 Birthday Joey Dunlop, Irish Celebrity 1951 Death Benito Lynch, Irish/Argentine writer (Palo Verde), dies at 66 1951 Birthday Bertie Ahern, Irish Politician 1951 Birthday Mary McAleese, born in Irish Statesman 1951 Birthday Scott Gorham, Irish hard rock guitarist, Thin Lizzy-21 Guns 1950 Death James Stephens, Irish poet (Crock of Gold), dies at 68 1950 Death George Bernard Shaw, Irish author (Pygmalion), dies at 94 1950 Birthday Chris De Burgh, Davidson, Argent/Irish rock vocalist, Lady in Red 1950 Death Sara Allgood, Irish actress (Jane Eyre, Spiral Staircase), dies at 56 1950 Birthday Dick Spring, Irish Politician 1950 Birthday Martin McGuinness, Irish Politician 1949 Death Robert Lynd [YY], Irish writer/critic (News Chronicle), dies at 70 1949 Birthday Alex "Hurricane" Higgins, Irish snooker player, 2X world-champ 1948 Event State of Eire, formerly Irish Free State, declares its independence 1948 Birthday Gerry Adams, Irish Politician 1947 Birthday Jim Walsh, Irish Politician 1947 Death Forrest Reid, Irish author/critic (Young Tom, Apostate), dies at 71 1946 Birthday George Best, Irish Athlete 1946 Birthday Peter Sutherland, CEO, Allied Irish Banks 1945 Death John McCormack, Irish singer (Irish national anthem/folk songs), dies 1945 Birthday Alan Dukes, Irish president, Fine Gael 1945 Birthday Mairead Corrigan-Maguire, North Irish peace activist, Nobel 1976 1944 Birthday David Trimble, Irish Politician 1940 Birthday Johnny Giles, Irish Soldier 1940 Birthday John Dawes, born in Chapel of Ease, Wales, rugby union player, rugby coach, captain for The Barbarians, British and Irish Lions, Wales 1940 Birthday Maeve Binchy, Irish Novelist 1939 Death William Butler Yeats, Irish poet (Nobel), dies in France at 73 1938 Birthday Terry "5 Wigs" Wogan, British talk show host, Irish Days 1938 Birthday Terry Wogan, Irish Entertainer 1938 Birthday John Sheil, Northern Irish High Court judge 1937 Event 2nd Irish constitution goes into effect; Irish Free State renamed Erie 1937 Event Ireland adopts constitution (Irish Free State becomes Eire) 1937 Event Irish premier Eamon de Valera wins elections 1937 Birthday John Hume, Irish Politician 1936 Death William FA Ellison, Irish clergyman/astronomer, dies at 72 1935 Birthday Keith J Roberts, England, writer, Irish Encounter, Ladies from Hell 1935 Birthday Ruby Murray, Irish pop singer, Softly Softly 1933 Death John Joly, Irish Scientist 1932 Birthday Albert Reynolds, Irish Politician 1932 Death Lady Gregory, Irish Dramatist 1931 Birthday Malachy McCourt, Irish Actor 1931 Death Frank Harris, Irish Author 1931 Birthday Sean O. Riada, born in County Limerick, Ireland, bandleader, composer, influential in 1960's traditional Irish music renaissance 1931 Birthday Stephen Birmingham, Hartford, author, Real Lace: America's Irish Rich 1931 Death Timothy Healy, Irish Politician 1931 Death John Atkinson, Irish Judge 1930 Event 1st Irish Sweepstake run 1930 Birthday Patrick Pery, born in Ireland, born Patrick Edmund Pery, 6th Earl of Limerick, The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Irish peer, public servant 1930 Birthday Jennifer P Johnston, Irish author, Fool's sanctuary 1929 Birthday Irish McCalla, Pawnee City, Nebraska, actress, Sheena Queen of Jungle 1929 Event 66 horses run in Irish Grand National Sweepstakes 1929 Birthday Val Doonican, Irish singer/entertainer 1928 Birthday John B. Keane, Irish Playwright 1928 Birthday John S. Bell, Irish Physicist 1928 Birthday Patrick McGoohan, born in New York, American actor of Irish descent, appeared in films, theater, television 1927 Event Notre Dame's Fighting Irish changes blue jerseys for green 1927 Death John Dillon, Irish nationalist and British Lower house leader, dies at 75 1927 Death Kevin O'Higgins, Irish Free State Vice President, assassinated 1926 Birthday Frank Carson, Irish Comedian 1926 Event Mussolini's Irish wife breaks his nose 1925 Birthday Charles Haughey, Irish president, 1979-81, 82, 87-92 1924 Birthday Victor Herbert, Irish/US composer, Kiss in Dark 1924 Death Victor Herbert, Irish/US cellist/ composer and conductor, dies at 65 1924 Death Charles Villiers Stanford, Irish composer/writer, dies at 71 1924 Death Charles Villiers Stanford, Irish composer/author, dies at 71 1923 Event Irish Free state joins League of Nations 1923 Event Eamon de Valera arrested in Irish Free State 1923 Death Herbert Trench, Irish Poet 1922 Event 1st constitution of Irish Free State comes into operation 1922 Event King George V proclaims Irish Free state 1922 Event Irish Parliament adopts a constitution for an Irish Free State 1922 Event William T. Cosgrave replaces Irish premier Collins 1922 Death Michael Collins, Irish nationalist leader, killed in ambush 1922 Death Arthur Griffith, Irish nationalist/president (Sinn Fein), dies 1922 Event "Abie's Irish Rose" 1st of over 2,500 performances 1922 Event Irish author Liam O'Flaherty and others occupy Rotunda in Dublin 1922 Event Irish Free State forms; Michael Collins becomes 1st premier 1922 Death Ernest Shackleton, Irish Explorer 1920 Event British parliament accept Irish "Home Rule"-law 1918 Death John Ireland, Irish/U.S. archbishop of St. Paul, dies at 80 1918 Death Joe English, Irish/Flemish signaler (WW I), dies at 36 1918 Birthday Margo, singer, Golden Irish Favorites 1917 Birthday Conor Cruise O'Brien, born in Dublin, politician, writer, academic, author, civil servant, Irish government minister 1917 Birthday Dennis Day, Irish tenor/comedian, Jack Benny Show, Danny Boy 1916 Death Roger Casement, Irish nationalist (Easter uprising 1916), executed 51 1916 Event Irish nationalists set post office on fire in Dublin 1916 Event Easter rebellion of Irish against British occupation begins 1914 Event Irish home rule bill receive Royal assent 1914 Birthday Lord Killanin, Irish Journalist 1914 Event British House of Commons passes Irish Home Rule 1913 Death Robert S Ball, Irish mathematician/astronomer (Ball Screw), dies 1913 Death Edward Dowden, Irish Critic 1913 Event House of Lords rejects Irish Home Rule Bill 1912 Death Bram Stoker, Irish theater manager/writer (Dracula), dies 1912 Birthday Christopher Casson, Irish actor, Zardoz, Educating Rita 1911 Birthday Flann O'Brien, Irish Writer 1911 Death George J Stoney, Irish physicist, dies at 85 1909 Birthday Roddy Doyle, irish Novelist 1909 Death John Millington Synge, Irish dramatist/playwright/poet, dies at 37 1909 Death John Synge, Irish Poet 1908 Birthday Henry Diamond, Irish Nationalist MP 1907 Death August Saint-Gaudens, Irish/US sculptor (Mrs Henry Adams), dies at 59 1907 Death William Howard Russell, Irish Journalist 1906 Birthday Phil Regan, singer, My Wild Irish Rose 1904 Birthday Patrick Kavanagh, Irish Poet 1904 Event J. M. Synge's "Riders to the Sea" opens at Irish National Theater Society 1904 Birthday Frederick Boland, Irish diplomat/president, U.N. General Assembly 1901 Birthday Denis Johnston, Irish Dramatist 1901 Birthday Cecil H King, Irish/British daily newspaper publisher, Daily Mirror 1900 Death Oscar Wilde, Irish author, dies in Paris at 46 1900 Event Piet de Law captures Lt-colonel Spragges Irish Yeomanry 1900 Death John Power, Irish baronet/whiskey manufacturer, dies in battle 1898 Death Thomas Bracken, Irish Poet 1897 Birthday Kate O'Brien, Irish writer, Without My Cloak 1897 Event Irish Music Festival 1st held (Dublin) 1895 Birthday Robert Graves, Irish Novelist 1891 Death Charles S Parnell, English/Irish Home Rule Party leader, dies at 45 1891 Death Charles Stewart Parnell, Irish Politician 1891 Birthday Michael Chekhov, Russia, actor, Abie's Irish Rose, Rhapsody 1890 Death Dion Boucicault, Irish/US actor and playwright (Octoroon), dies at 67 1890 Death John Boyle O'Reilly, Irish Poet 1889 Death William Allingham, Irish poet (Day and Night Songs), dies at 68 1887 Birthday Alan Gordon Cunningham, Irish/British general/director of Palestine, 1945-48 1885 Death Thomas Andrews, Irish physicist/chemist (ozone), dies at 71 1885 Birthday Benito Lynch, Irish/Argentine writer, Caranchos de la Florida 1884 Birthday John McCormack, Irish/US singer, Irish folksongs 1883 Birthday Andrew Browne, Irish/British Admiral, WW II 1882 Birthday Joe English, Irish/Flemish signaler, WW I 1882 Birthday James Stephens, Irish poet, Crock of Gold 1881 Birthday Padraic Colum, Irish poet and novelist /poet, Collected Poems 1880 Birthday William T. Cosgrave, president Irish Free state 1879 Death Isaac Butt, Irish Politician 1879 Birthday Robert Lynd, Irish writer/critic, Pleasures of Ignorance 1878 Death Paul Cullen, Irish Clergyman 1878 Birthday Lord Dunsany, Edward JMD Plunkett, Irish sci-fi writer, Time and Gods 1875 Death John Mitchel, Irish Journalist 1874 Birthday Ernest Shackleton, Irish Explorer 1872 Birthday Arthur Griffith, Irish journalist, founder of Sinn Fein 1871 Birthday John Synge, Irish Poet 1870 Event Irish Fenians raid Eccles Hill, Quebec 1870 Event Jem Mace and defends his heavyweight crown against Irish champ Joe Coburn, it lasts 1 hour and 17 minutes, and neither is struck by a punch 1868 Death Michael Barrett, Irish nationalist, last British public execution 1868 Birthday Constance Gore-booth Markiewicy, Irish patriot/playwright/MP 1866 Event Irish Fenians raid Pigeon Hill, Quebec 1866 Event Renegade Irish Fenians surrender to U.S. forces 1866 Event Renegade Irish Fenians invade Ft. Erie, Ontario from U.S. 1866 Death Alexander Campbell, Irish/US founder Disciples of Christ, dies at 77 1865 Birthday Maude Gonne, Irish nationalist, Irish Joan of Arc 1865 Birthday Herbert Trench, Irish Poet 1865 Death William Rowan Hamilton, Irish Mathematician 1865 Death Thomas Alfred Smyth, Irish/US Union general-major, dies at 32 1864 Death George Boole, Irish Mathematician 1864 Birthday Roger David Casement, Irish nationalist, Easter uprising 1916 1864 Birthday William F. A. Ellison, Irish clergyman/director, Armagh Observatory 1863 Death Francis P Kenrick, Irish/US archbishop of Baltimore, dies at 65 1863 Event Battle of Irish Bend, Louisiana (Ft. Bisland) 1857 Birthday John Joly, Irish Scientist 1855 Birthday Timothy Healy, Irish Politician 1854 Birthday Edward Carson, 1st Baron Carson, lawyer/leader, Irish Unionist Party 1852 Birthday Charles Villiers Stanford, Irish organist/composer 1852 Birthday Lady Gregory, Irish Dramatist 1851 Birthday John Dillon, Irish nationalist and British Lower house member 1849 Death Countess of Blessington, Irish Novelist 1849 Death Maria Edgeworth, Irish Novelist 1847 Birthday Bram Stoker, Irish theater manager/author, Dracula 1847 Birthday Alice Sophia Stopford Green, Ireland, proponent of Irish independence 1847 Death Daniel O'Connell, Irish Politician 1846 Birthday Charles S Parnell, English/Irish Home Rule Party-Lower house member 1846 Birthday Charles Stewart Parnell, Irish Politician 1844 Birthday John Atkinson, Irish Judge 1844 Birthday John Boyle O'Reilly, Irish Poet 1843 Birthday Thomas Bracken, Irish Poet 1843 Event British arrest Irish nationalist Daniel O'Connell for conspiracy 1843 Birthday Edward Dowden, Irish Critic 1840 Birthday Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, England, writer, Irish Land League 1840 Birthday Robert S. Ball, Irish mathematician and astronomer 1839 Event 2 day storm off Irish and English coast immortalized as "Big Wind" 1838 Birthday John Ireland, Irish/US archbishop of St. Paul 1837 Death John Field, Irish pianist/composer (Nocturnes), dies at 54 1830 Birthday Justin M'Carthy, Ireland, Irish politician/novelist, Miss Misanthrope 1826 Birthday George J Stoney, Irish physicist 1822 Birthday Dion Boucicault, Irish/Us actor and playwright, Rip van Winkle 1821 Birthday William Howard Russell, Irish Journalist 1821 Birthday William Allingham, Irish poet, Laurence Bloomfield in Ireland 1817 Death John Philpot Curran, Irish Public Servant 1816 Death Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Irish Playwright 1816 Death Richard Sheridan, Irish Playwright 1815 Birthday John Mitchel, Irish Journalist 1814 Birthday Aubrey de Vere, Irish writer, Victorian Observer 1813 Birthday Isaac Butt, Irish Politician 1812 Death Edmund Malone, Irish Editor 1812 Death Andrew Cherry, Irish Dramatist 1810 Event 1st Irish magazine in U.S., Shamrock, is published 1806 Death James Smith, Irish / U.S. attorney and signer Declaration of Independence, dies at 87 1806 Birthday Daniel Maclise, Irish painter 1805 Birthday William Rowan Hamilton, Irish Mathematician 1805 Death Arthur Murphy, Irish Writer 1803 Death Robert Emmet, Irish nationalist, executed 1803 Death Matthew Thornton, Irish / U.S. physician and signer Declaration of Independence, dies at 88 1803 Birthday Paul Cullen, Irish Clergyman 1798 Death Theobald W. Tone, Irish nationalist, dies 1798 Birthday Benjamin Lee, Baronet Guinness, Irish brewer/Dublin mayor 1798 Event British kill about 500 Irish insurgents at the Battle of Tara 1798 Birthday Thomas Crofton Croker, Irish story teller, Fairy legends 1797 Birthday Francis P. Kenrick, Irish / U.S. archbishop of Baltimore 1793 Birthday Francis Danby, Irish painter 1789 Birthday Countess of Blessington, Irish Novelist 1788 Birthday Alexander Campbell, Irish / U.S. founder, Disciples of Christ 1787 Birthday John Burke, Irish genealogist, Burke's Peerage 1779 Birthday Thomas Moore, Irish Poet 1776 Birthday Daniel O'Connell, Irish Politician 1774 Death Oliver Goldsmith, Irish poet (She Stoops to Conquer), dies at 17 1768 Death Laurence Sterne, Irish Novelist 1768 Death Laurence Stern, Irish Clergyman 1767 Birthday Maria Edgeworth, Irish Novelist 1763 Birthday Theobald Wolfe Tone, Irish nationalist 1763 Birthday Theobald Wolfe Tone, Irish patriot 1762 Birthday Andrew Cherry, Irish Dramatist 1755 Birthday George Barrington, Irish Celebrity 1751 Birthday Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Irish Playwright 1751 Birthday Richard Sheridan, Irish Playwright 1750 Birthday John Philpot Curran, Irish Public Servant 1741 Birthday Edmund Malone, Irish Editor 1727 Birthday Arthur Murphy, Irish Writer 1722 Death Charles Leslie, Irish controversialist, dies 1713 Birthday Laurence Stern, Irish Clergyman 1707 Death George Farquhar, Irish Dramatist 1656 Death James Ussher, Irish bible scholar/anglican archbishop, dies at 76 1634 Event Irish captain Walter Devereaux kills duke Wallenstein 1603 Event Battle at Mellifont: English army under Lord Mountjoy beats Irish 1599 Event Earl van Essex and Irish rebel Tyrone signs treaty 1541 Event Irish parliament selects Henry VIII as king of Ireland 1171 Death Dermot MacMurrough, last Irish King of Leinster, dies 615 Death Columbanus, Irish monastery founder/poet/saint (Poenitentiale), dies
