February 27

February 27, 1907

Coslett Quin, clergyman, scholar and linguist, is born in Derriaghy, Co. Antrim

February 27, 1883

Caradar Cornish, pioneer in language revival and author, is born

February 27, 1841

William Bruce, Sr., the last surviving member of the Ulster Volunteer convention of 1783, dies

February 27, 1792

The Irish House of Commons is partly destroyed by fire

February 27, 1760

François Thurot holds the castle and the town of Carrickfergus until this date

February 27, 1560

Second Treaty of Berwick between England and Scotland

February 27, 1545

Battle of Ancrum Moor

February 27, 1495

Garret More Fitzgerald, 8th Earl of Kildare, is arrested in Dublin by Sir Edward Poynings