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The actor Robbie Coltrane was born.
The actor Robbie Coltrane was born. Anthony Robert McMillan OBE (30 March 1950 – 14 October 2022), known professionally as Robbie Coltrane, was a Scottish actor and comedian. He gained worldwide recognition in the 2000s for playing Rubeus Hagrid in the Harry Potter film series. He was appointed an OBE in the 2006 New Year Honours by Queen Elizabeth II for his services to drama. In 1990, Coltrane received the Evening Standard British Film Award – Peter Sellers Award for Comedy. In 2011, he was honoured for his “outstanding contribution” to film at the British Academy Scotland Awards. …

Craig-Collins Pact is signed in London. Irish Free State formally recognizes Northern Ireland government
Craig-Collins Pact is signed in London. Irish Free State formally recognizes Northern Ireland government The prime minister of Northern Ireland, Sir James Craig, and the provisional prime minister of Southern Ireland, Michael Collins, met in London to agree terms to end the violence engulfing the North. The agreement stated that Catholics would be recruited into the Ulster Special Constabulary. However, almost from the start the agreement began to break down due to the continuing violence and police brutality in the North, many Unionist MPs in Northern Ireland openly opposing the pact. …

Jack White, journalist and author, is born in Cork
Jack White, journalist and author, is born in Cork White, William John (‘Jack’) (1920–80), broadcaster, editor, journalist, and novelist, was born 30 March 1920 in Cork, second child of William Luke White, accountant, and Mary White (née Tyler). …

An Irishman wins an Olympic gold medal for the first time, when John Pius Boland triumphs in tennis
An Irishman wins an Olympic gold medal for the first time, when John Pius Boland triumphs in tennis John Mary Pius Boland (16 September 1870 – 17 March 1958) was an Irish Nationalist politician, and Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and as member of the Irish Parliamentary Party for South Kerry from 1900 to 1918. He was also noteworthy as a gold medallist tennis player at the first modern Olympics. …

Sean O'Casey, playwright, born in Dublin
Sean O'Casey, playwright, born in Dublin Seán O’Casey born John Casey; 30 March 1880 – 18 September 1964) was an Irish dramatist and memoirist. A committed socialist, he was the first Irish playwright of note to write about the Dublin working classes. …

A 1851 census shows the population of Ireland to be 6,552,385, it has declined by one-fifth since 1845
A 1851 census shows the population of Ireland to be 6,552,385, it has declined by one-fifth since 1845 The census records show that a significant number of the population in Ireland was reduced from 8,414,836 in 1841 to 5,344,293 in 1851. A 1851 census shows the population of Ireland to be 6,552,385: it has declined by one-fifth since 1845. …

The SS Royal Adelaide sinks in a storm with the loss of 200 lives
The SS Royal Adelaide sinks in a storm with the loss of 200 lives RMS Royal Adelaide was a paddle steamship owned and operated by the City of Dublin Steam Packet Company. Its principal route ran between London and Cork. …

Thomas Devin Reilly, journalist and editor, is born in Co. Monaghan
Thomas Devin Reilly, journalist and editor, is born in Co. Monaghan Thomas Devin Reilly (30 March 1824 – 5 March 1854) was an Irish revolutionary, Young Irelander and journalist. …

Privy Council proclaims Ireland in state of rebellion and imposes martial law The Irish Rebellion of 1798 was a popular insurrection against the British Crown in what was then the separate, but subordinate, Kingdom of Ireland. The main organising force was the Society of United Irishmen. …

Hugh O'Neill, the Earl of Tyrone, submits to Lord Mountjoy at Mellifont
Hugh O'Neill, the Earl of Tyrone, submits to Lord Mountjoy at Mellifont Hugh O’Neill (c. 1550 – 20 July 1616) was an Irish Gaelic lord, Earl of Tyrone (known as the Great Earl) and was later created The Ó Néill Mór, Chief of the Name. O’Neill’s career was played out against the background of the Tudor conquest of Ireland, and he is best known for leading a coalition of Irish clans during the Nine Years’ War, the strongest threat to the House of Tudor in Ireland since the uprising of Silken Thomas against King Henry VIII. …