April 03

Queen Victoria arrives at Kingstown for a three-day visit to Ireland

April 3, 1900

Death of Michael Moran, aka Zozimus, balladeer and storyteller

April 3, 1846

Maurice FitzGerald, MP for Co. Kerry, resigns as Commissioner of the Treasury

April 3, 1807

John Banim, writer, is born in Kilkenny

April 3, 1798

Dionysius Lardner, scientific writer and lecturer, is born in Dublin

April 3, 1793

Banning of the Clan MacGregor by act of James IV of Scotland

April 3, 1603