April 01

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

April 1, 2000

Francis Arthur Fahy who wrote the ballad Galway Bay, died

April 1, 1935

DeValera is elected president of the first Dáil Éireann

April 1, 1919

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

April 1, 1839

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

April 1, 1776

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

April 1, 1730

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

April 1, 1716

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

April 1, 1571

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

April 1, 1401

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

April 1, 1329