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Sheelahs Day
Sheelahs Day Sheelah’s Day, also known as Sheelagh’s Day, (Ir. Lá ’le Síle) is an Irish cultural holiday celebrated on 18 March which coincides with St. Patrick’s Day. While the holiday is no longer widely celebrated in Ireland, there are still associated festivities celebrated throughout the Irish diaspora in Australia and Canada. …

Ambrose OHiggins, Viceroy of Peru, dies in Lima
Ambrose OHiggins, Viceroy of Peru, dies in Lima Ambrosio Bernardo O’Higgins y O’Higgins, 1st Marquess of Osorno (c. 1720 – 19 March 1801) born Ambrose Bernard O’Higgins (Ambrós Bearnárd Ó hUiginn, in Irish), was an Irish-Spanish colonial administrator and a member of the O’Higgins family. …

Harriet Smithson, actress, is born in Ennis, Co. Clare
Harriet Smithson, actress, is born in Ennis, Co. Clare Harriet Constance Smithson (18 March 1800 – 3 March 1854), who also went by Henrietta Constance Smithson, Harriet Smithson Berlioz, and Miss H.C. Smithson, was an Anglo-Irish Shakespearean actress of the 19th century, best known as the first wife and muse of Hector Berlioz. …

The Irish House of Commons condemns tithe of agistment on pasturage for dry and barren cattle
The Irish House of Commons condemns tithe of agistment on pasturage for dry and barren cattle The House of Commons of Ireland passes resolutions condemning the tithe of agistment on pasturage for dry and barren cattle. …

Earl of Leven raises a Border regiment to hold Edinburgh against the Jacobites
Earl of Leven raises a Border regiment to hold Edinburgh against the Jacobites The King’s Own Scottish Borderers (KOSBs) was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the Scottish Division. …