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Birth of Richard Burke, Fine Gael politician and EC Commissioner
Birth of Richard Burke, Fine Gael politician and EC Commissioner Richard Burke (29 March 1932 – 15 March 2016) was an Irish Fine Gael politician who served as European Commissioner for Interinstitutional Relations and Administration from 1982 to 1985, European Commissioner for Taxation, Consumer Affairs, Transport and Parliamentary Relations from 1977 to 1981 and Minister for Education from 1973 to 1976. …

Charles Villiers Stanford, composer-writer, dies
Charles Villiers Stanford, composer-writer, dies Sir Charles Villiers Stanford (30 September 1852 – 29 March 1924) was an Anglo-Irish composer, music teacher, and conductor of the late Romantic era. Born to a well-off and highly musical family in Dublin, Stanford was educated at the University of Cambridge before studying music in Leipzig and Berlin. …

Jazz trombonist George Chisholm born.
Jazz trombonist George Chisholm born. George Chisholm OBE (29 March 1915 – 6 December 1997) was a Scottish jazz trombonist and vocalist. …

Birth in Dublin of actor Niall MacGinnis
Birth in Dublin of actor Niall MacGinnis Patrick Niall MacGinnis (29 March 1913 – 6 January 1977) was an Irish actor who made around 80 screen appearances. …

James Stephens, Fenian leader, dies
James Stephens, Fenian leader, dies James Stephens (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). …

Peig Sayers, Blasket Island storyteller, is born in Dunquin, Co. Kerry
Peig Sayers, Blasket Island storyteller, is born in Dunquin, Co. Kerry Máiréad “Peig” Sayers (29 March 1873 – 8 December 1958) was an Irish author and seanchaí born in Dún Chaoin, County Kerry, Ireland. …

First publication of The Irish Times
First publication of The Irish Times The Irish Times is an Irish daily broadsheet newspaper and online digital publication. It was launched on 29 March 1859. The editor is Ruadhán Mac Cormaic. It is published every day except Sundays. The Irish Times is Ireland’s leading newspaper. It is considered a newspaper of record for Ireland. …

Charlotte Brooke, author of Reliques of Ancient Irish Poetry, dies
Charlotte Brooke, author of Reliques of Ancient Irish Poetry, dies Charlotte Brooke (c. 1740 – 1793), born in Rantavan, beside Mullagh in County Cavan, Ireland, was the author of Reliques of Irish Poetry, a pioneering volume of poems collected by her in the Irish language, with facing translations. She was one of twenty-two children fathered by the writer Henry Brooke, author of Gustavus Vasa; only she (and perhaps one other sibling) survived childhood. …

The Royal Society of Edinburgh incorporated by charter.
The Royal Society of Edinburgh incorporated by charter. The Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) is Scotland’s national academy of science and letters. It is a registered charity that operates on a wholly independent and non-partisan basis and provides public benefit throughout Scotland. It was established in 1783. As of 2021, there are around 1,800 Fellows. …

A charter incorporates Derry as the city of Londonderry and creates the new county of Londonderry
A charter incorporates Derry as the city of Londonderry and creates the new county of Londonderry Derry is an ancient settlement. Its name is believed to be derived from the Gaelic word doire meaning a grove of oak trees. Derry, the city, is the county town of Co. Derry and is the second largest city in Northern Ireland. Derry or Londonderry (in Irish, Doire or Doire Cholm Chille), often called the Maiden City, is a city in Northern Ireland. It was nicknamed the Maiden City by virtue of the fact that its walls were never penetrated during the siege of Derry in the late 17th century. The old walled city of Londonderry lies on the west bank of the River Foyle, but the city now covers both ……