February 16

February 16, 1992

George Mann MacBeth, Journalist and poet, died.

February 16, 1932

Fianna Fáil wins the general election

February 16, 1902

Birth of singer Delia Murphy in Ardroe, Claremorris, Co. Mayo

February 16, 1886

The Irish Catholic Hierarchy formally endorses Home Rule

February 16, 1859

Thomas Edward Ellis, Welsh Nationalist, born

February 16, 1822

James Thomson, engineer, is born in Belfast

February 16, 1768

The Octennial Act limits Irish parliaments life to eight years