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BBC Scotland founded
BBC Scotland founded BBC Scotland (also referred to as the BBC Scotland channel) is a Scottish free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC Scotland division of the BBC. It airs a nightly lineup of entirely Scottish programming. The channel launched 24 February 2019, replacing the BBC Two Scotland opt-out of BBC Two, but operating as an autonomous channel (displacing BBC Four on Freeview in Scotland). …

John Redmond, Chairman of the Irish Parliamentary Party, died
John Redmond, Chairman of the Irish Parliamentary Party, died John Edward Redmond (1 September 1856 – 6 March 1918) was an Irish nationalist politician, barrister, and MP in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. He was best known as leader of the moderate Irish Parliamentary Party (IPP) from 1900 until his death in 1918. He was also leader of the paramilitary organisation the Irish National Volunteers (INV). …

Patrick McCall, songwriter, is born in Dublin
Patrick McCall, songwriter, is born in Dublin Patrick Joseph McCall (6 March 1861 – 8 March 1919) was an Irish songwriter and poet, known mostly as the author of lyrics for popular ballads. He was assisted in putting the Wexford ballads, dealing with the 1798 Rising, to music by Arthur Warren Darley using traditional Irish airs. His surname is one of the many anglicizations of the Irish surname Mac Cathmhaoil, a family that were chieftains of Kinel Farry (Clogher area) in County Tyrone. …

Philip Sheridan, US Union General in the American Civil War, is born
Philip Sheridan, US Union General in the American Civil War, is born Philip Henry Sheridan (March 6, 1831 – August 5, 1888) was a career United States Army officer and a Union general in the American Civil War. …

John McHale, Archbishop of Tuam, is born in Trawler, Co. Mayo
John McHale, Archbishop of Tuam, is born in Trawler, Co. Mayo John MacHale (6 March 1791) – 7 November 1881) was the Irish Roman Catholic Archbishop of Tuam, and Irish nationalist. …

Last claimant to the Stuart throne, Henry I of Scotland (Henry IX of England), born
Last claimant to the Stuart throne, Henry I of Scotland (Henry IX of England), born Henry Benedict Maria Clement Thomas Francis Xavier Stuart (March 11, 1725 – July 13, 1807), born in Rome, Italy, was the second son of James Francis Edward Stuart, the Old Pretender, to the thrones of England, Scotland, and Ireland. …

King James II decreed in an Act of Parliament, that golf be utterly cried down and not used
King James II decreed in an Act of Parliament, that golf be utterly cried down and not used The first known ban was issued by the Scottish Parliament under King James II of Scotland in 1457. The Act of Parliament declared that golf (and football) should be “utterly cried down and not used” because it was believed that these sports were distractions to the practice of archery. At the time, archery was considered essential for national defense, and the government was concerned that young men were spending too much time on leisure activities such as golf, which was detrimental to military preparedness. …