April 01

April 1st

Hunt the Gowk, Scottish equivalent of April Fools Day (gowk is a cuckoo)

April 01, 1935

Francis Arthur Fahy who wrote the ballad Galway Bay, died

April 01, 1919

DeValera is elected president of the first Dáil Éireann

April 01, 1839

St. Clair Mulholland, Union Civil War General and Medal of Honor winner, is born in Lisburn, Co. Antrim

April 01, 1776

Irish-born Edward Hand is appointed a Brigadier General in the Continental Army

April 01, 1730

Samuel Boyse, MP for Bannow, dies as a result of a duel at the age of 33

April 01, 1716

The first Doggett Coat and Badge sculling race takes place on the Thames

April 01, 1571

Dumbarton Castle, under siege since January 1570, captured by Captain Thomas Crawford

April 01, 1401

Conway Castle taken by Welsh rebels under William and Rhys ap Tudor

April 01, 1329

Risings by the native Irish in various parts of Munster and Leinster, continuing into 1330