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Jim Clark, Formula I World motor racing champion, born Fife.
Jim Clark, Formula I World motor racing champion, born Fife. …

First Irish Race Convention is held in New York City
First Irish Race Convention is held in New York City The 1916 convention, comprising 2,300 delegates at the Hotel Astor, was held six weeks before the Easter Rising, and considered the division between the Home Rule parties and the more militant nationalists. The Rising would be supported by Clan na Gael, but other members remained hopeful that the 1914 Home Rule Act, which had been passed but suspended during World War I, might work. …

Ancient Order of Hibernians is revived at unity council
Ancient Order of Hibernians is revived at unity council The Ancient Order of Hibernians (AOH; Irish: Ord Ársa na nÉireannach) is an Irish Catholic fraternal organization. Members must be male, Catholic, and either born in Ireland or of Irish descent. Its largest membership is now in the United States, where it was founded in New York City in 1836. …

Forth Rail Bridge opened by Prince of Wales.
Forth Rail Bridge opened by Prince of Wales. The Forth Bridge is a cantilever railway bridge across the Firth of Forth in the east of Scotland, 9 miles (14 kilometres) west of central Edinburgh. Completed in 1890, it is considered a symbol of Scotland (having been voted Scotland’s greatest man-made wonder in 2016), and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. …

Grace Gifford Plunkett, Irish patriot, is born in Rathmines, Dublin
Grace Gifford Plunkett, Irish patriot, is born in Rathmines, Dublin Grace Evelyn Gifford Plunkett (4 March 1888 – 13 December 1955) was an Irish artist and cartoonist who was active in the Republican movement, who married her fiancé Joseph Plunkett in Kilmainham Gaol only a few hours before he was executed for his part in the 1916 Easter Rising. …

Fenian national uprising begins in Ireland
Fenian national uprising begins in Ireland The Fenian Rising of 1867 (Irish: Éirí Amach na bhFíníní, 1867, IPA:) was a rebellion against British rule in Ireland, organised by the Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB) …

Daniel Mannix, Archbishop of Melbourne and advocate of Irish independence, is born in Charleville, Co. Cork
Daniel Mannix, Archbishop of Melbourne and advocate of Irish independence, is born in Charleville, Co. Cork Daniel Patrick Mannix (4 March 1864 – 6 November 1963) was an Irish-born Catholic bishop. Mannix was the Archbishop of Melbourne for 46 years and one of the most influential public figures in 20th-century Australia. …

Dr. William Price, self styled Welsh Druid and Chartist, born
Dr. William Price, self styled Welsh Druid and Chartist, born Dr William Price (1800-93), Chartist, doctor, druid and cremation pioneer, was born at Tynycoedcae farm, Rudry, near Caerphilly. He was 19th century eccentric whose main legacy was the cremation of his son, changing the future of funerals in Britain. …

William Carleton, novelist, is born in Prillisk, Co. Tyrone
William Carleton, novelist, is born in Prillisk, Co. Tyrone William Carleton (4 March 1794, Prolusk (often spelt as Prillisk as on his gravestone), Clogher, County Tyrone – 30 January 1869, Sandford Road, Ranelagh, Dublin) was an Irish writer and novelist. He is best known for his Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry, a collection of ethnic sketches of the stereotypical Irishman. …

Robert Emmet, one of Irelands most famous revolutionaries, is born in Dublin
Robert Emmet, one of Irelands most famous revolutionaries, is born in Dublin Robert Emmet, one of Ireland’s most renowned and celebrated revolutionaries, was born in Dublin on March 4, 1778. Coming from a relatively prosperous and politically active family, Emmet was deeply influenced by the revolutionary movements of his time, including the American Revolution and the French Revolution. He attended Trinity College, Dublin, where he became involved with the United Irishmen, a republican organization that sought Irish independence from British rule. …