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Cheapside docks fire, Glasgow, 19 firemen killed.
Cheapside docks fire, Glasgow, 19 firemen killed. The Cheapside Street whisky bond fire in Glasgow on 28 March 1960 was Britain’s worst peacetime fire services disaster. The fire at a whisky bond killed 14 fire service and 5 salvage corps personnel. …

Martin Sheridan, the world’s greatest athlete, is born in Bohola, Co. Mayo
Martin Sheridan, the world’s greatest athlete, is born in Bohola, Co. Mayo Martin John Sheridan (March 28, 1881 – March 27, 1918) was a three time Olympic Games gold medallist. …

Terence MacSwiney, Irish patriot and Lord Mayor of Cork, is born
Terence MacSwiney, Irish patriot and Lord Mayor of Cork, is born Terence James MacSwiney (/məkˈswiːni/; Irish: Toirdhealbhach Mac Suibhne; 28 March 1879 – 25 October 1920) was an Irish playwright, author and politician. He was elected as Sinn Féin Lord Mayor of Cork during the Irish War of Independence in 1920. …

Joseph McGarrity, Irish patriot, is born in Carrickmore, Co. Tyrone
Joseph McGarrity, Irish patriot, is born in Carrickmore, Co. Tyrone Joseph McGarrity (28 March 1874 – 4 September 1940) was an Irish-American political activist best known for his leadership in Clan na Gael in America and his support of Irish Republicanism back in Ireland. …

Sir William Howard Russell, war correspondent, is born in Tallaght, Co. Dublin
Sir William Howard Russell, war correspondent, is born in Tallaght, Co. Dublin Sir William Howard Russell, CVO (28 March 1827 – 10 February 1907) was an Irish reporter with The Times, and is considered to have been one of the first modern war correspondents. …

An Act to repress Steelboy disturbances in five Ulster counties is passed
An Act to repress Steelboy disturbances in five Ulster counties is passed The Hearts of Steel, or Steelboys, was an exclusively Protestant movement originating in 1769 in County Antrim, Ireland due to grievances about the sharp rise of rents and evictions. …

Peace between the confederates and James Butler, leads to a split within the confederation
Peace between the confederates and James Butler, leads to a split within the confederation Lieutenant-General James FitzThomas Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond, KG, PC (19 October 1610 – 21 July 1688), was an Anglo-Irish statesman and soldier, known as Earl of Ormond from 1634 to 1642 and Marquess of Ormond from 1642 to 1661. …

King Robert the Bruce captured Berwick on Tweed
King Robert the Bruce captured Berwick on Tweed The siege of Berwick was an event in the First War of Scottish Independence which took place in April 1318. Sir James Douglas, Lord of Douglas took the town and castle of Berwick-upon-Tweed from the English, who had controlled the town since 1296. …