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Happy St. Patricks Day !
Happy St. Patricks Day ! St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, is one of Christianitys most widely known figures. Apostle of Ireland, born at Kilpatrick, near Dumbarton, in Scotland, in the year 387; died at Saul, Downpatrick, Ireland, 17 March, 493. …

Longhope lifeboat sank in the Pentland Firth with the loss of eight men on board, all from the small island of Hoy.
Longhope lifeboat sank in the Pentland Firth with the loss of eight men on board, all from the small island of Hoy. An RNLI lifeboat has been stationed at Longhope since 1874; the old lifeboat house is now a museum with a former Longhope lifeboat Thomas McCunn on display. On 17 March 1969 the station suffered one of the worst tragedies in British lifeboat history when its 47-ft wooden lifeboat, T.G.B., capsized with the loss of all eight crew after answering a mayday call from the Liberian cargo vessel Irene during a gale of Force 9. …

The cartoon character Dennis the Menace appeared for the first time in the Beano comic.
The cartoon character Dennis the Menace appeared for the first time in the Beano comic. Dennis the Menace and Gnasher (originally titled Dennis the Menace and currently titled Dennis and Gnasher) is a long-running comic strip in the British children’s comic The Beano, published by DC Thomson, of Dundee, Scotland. The comic stars a boy named Dennis the Menace and his dog, an “Abyssinian wire-haired tripe hound” named Gnasher. …

St. Patrick's Day, becomes a bank day
St. Patrick's Day, becomes a bank day Saint Patrick’s Day, or the Feast of Saint Patrick (Irish: Lá Fhéile Pádraig, lit. ’the Day of the Festival of Patrick’), is a religious and cultural holiday held on 17 March, the traditional death date of Saint Patrick (c. 385 – c. 461), the foremost patron saint of Ireland. …

First issue of Gaelic Leagues An Claidheamh Soluis is published
First issue of Gaelic Leagues An Claidheamh Soluis is published An Claidheamh Soluis was an Irish nationalist newspaper published in the early 20th century by Conradh na Gaeilge (the Gaelic League). It was named for the “Sword of Light” (in modern spelling Claíomh Solais) of Gaelic myth. …

Harry Clarke, artist, known chiefly for stained-glass work, is born in Dublin
Harry Clarke, artist, known chiefly for stained-glass work, is born in Dublin Henry Patrick Clarke RHA (17 March 1889 – 6 January 1931) was an Irish stained-glass artist and book illustrator. Born in Dublin, he was a leading figure in the Irish Arts and Crafts Movement. …

Charlotte Milligan Fox, collector of folk music, is born in Omagh, Co. Tyrone
Charlotte Milligan Fox, collector of folk music, is born in Omagh, Co. Tyrone Charlotte Olivia Milligan Fox (17 March 1864 – 25 March 1916) was an Irish composer, folk music collector and writer. …

James Stephens founds the Irish Republican Brotherhood in Dublin
James Stephens founds the Irish Republican Brotherhood in Dublin James Stephens (Irish: Séamus Mac Stiofáin;[2] 26 January 1825 – 29 March 1901) was an Irish Republican, and the founding member of an originally unnamed revolutionary organisation in Dublin. This organisation, founded on 17 March 1858, was later to become known as the Irish Republican Brotherhood (I.R.B). …

The Ossianic Society is founded to preserve and publish manuscripts of the Fionn cycle
The Ossianic Society is founded to preserve and publish manuscripts of the Fionn cycle The Ossianic Society was an Irish literary society founded in Dublin on St. Patrick’s Day, 1853, taking its name from the poetic material associated with the ancient narrator Oisín. …

Patrick Sheehan, Canon Sheehan, priest and writer, is born in Mallow, Co. Cork
Patrick Sheehan, Canon Sheehan, priest and writer, is born in Mallow, Co. Cork Patrick Augustine Sheehan (17 March 1852 – 5 October 1913) was an Irish Catholic priest, author and political activist. He was usually known as Canon Sheehan after his 1903 appointment as a canon of the diocese of Cloyne, or more fully as Canon Sheehan of Doneraile, after the town of Doneraile where he wrote almost all of his major works and served as parish priest. …