Peig Sayers, Blasket Island storyteller, is born in Dunquin, Co. Kerry
Máiréad “Peig” Sayers (29 March 1873 – 8 December 1958) was an Irish author and seanchaí born in Dún Chaoin, County Kerry, Ireland.
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Gladstones Irish University Bill is defeated
William Ewart Gladstone’s Irish University Bill was defeated in the House of Commons on March 11, 1873. This bill was part of Gladstone’s broader efforts to address various Irish grievances and reform aspects of Irish society and governance under British rule. As Prime Minister, Gladstone was deeply involved in attempts to pacify Ireland and reduce tensions between Ireland and Britain through legislative reforms.
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Joseph Sheridan LeFanu, Journalist, novelist, and short story writer, dies
Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu ( 28 August 1814 – 7 February 1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic tales, mystery novels, and horror fiction. He was a leading ghost story writer of his time, central to the development of the genre in the Victorian era. M. R. James described Le Fanu as “absolutely in the first rank as a writer of ghost stories”.
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Patrick Malley is killed by his son William Malley at Calla
“The Playboy of the Western World” by J.M. Synge, one of the most famous Irish playwrights. Synge’s play, first performed in 1907, was inspired by a real-life event, although the details of the original incident and the play differ significantly.
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T.C. Murray, playwright, born
Thomas Cornelius Murray, known as T.C. Murray, was an Irish playwright and writer. He was born on January 17, 1873, in Macroom, County Cork, Ireland. Murray is best known for his contributions to Irish literature, particularly his plays that captured the spirit of rural Ireland.
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John Cowper Powys, Welsh novelist, born.
John Cowper Powys (1872-1963). The Welsh novelist, essayist, and poet is known chiefly for his long panoramic novels. He was the brother of the authors T.F. Powys and Llewelyn Powys.
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