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T.C. Murray, playwright, born
T.C. Murray, playwright, born Thomas Cornelius Murray, known as T.C. Murray, was an Irish playwright and writer. He was born on January 17, 1873, in Macroom, County Cork, Ireland. Murray is best known for his contributions to Irish literature, particularly his plays that captured the spirit of rural Ireland. …

George Petrie, folk music collector, dies
George Petrie, folk music collector, dies George Petrie, an Irish painter, musician, and folk music collector, made significant contributions to the preservation and documentation of Irish traditional music. He was born on January 01, 1790, in Dublin, Ireland, and he devoted much of his life to studying and collecting Irish folk music, as well as working as an artist and antiquary. …

Lola Montez, Irish dancer and courtesan dies in New York
Lola Montez, Irish dancer and courtesan dies in New York Eliza Rosanna Gilbert, Countess of Landsfeld (17 February 1821 – 17 January 1861), better known by the stage name Lola Montez, was an Irish dancer and actress who became famous as a Spanish dancer, courtesan, and mistress of King Ludwig I of Bavaria, who made her Gräfin von Landsfeld (Countess of Landsfeld). …

Douglas Hyde, Irish playwright, born
Douglas Hyde, Irish playwright, born Douglas Hyde, known for his contributions to Irish culture, was born on January 17, 1860, in Castlerea, County Roscommon, Ireland. …

Joseph Haydn, Irish journalist, author of Dictionary of Dates, dies
Joseph Haydn, Irish journalist, author of Dictionary of Dates, dies Joseph Timothy Haydn, (1788/1793–1856), newspaper editor and compiler of reference works, was born in Lisbon in 1788 or 1793, the son of Thomas Haydn, a protestant Irish expatriate. He was educated in Portugal before he moved to Dublin in 1818 to found The Stage, an unsuccessful review of Dublin theatres, having earlier ghost-written a History of the Azores for Thomas Ashe, a self-appointed ‘captain of the light dragoons'. …

Last Jacobite victory at the Battle of Falkirk
Last Jacobite victory at the Battle of Falkirk Bonnie Prince Charlies Highland Army of 5,000 highlanders, or better known as Jacobites marched towards Stirling, planning to capture Edinburgh Castle. …

Marquis of Ormond James Butler negotiated a peace treaty
Marquis of Ormond James Butler negotiated a peace treaty The Marquess of Ormond, James Butler, played a significant role during the English Civil War and the Confederate Ireland period. …