March 10

March 10, 1945

Donal Lunny, founder of Planxty, Bothy Band, and Moving Hearts, born

March 10, 1932

IRA prisoners in the Free State are released

March 10, 1894

Ireland collects its first ever Triple Crown, defeating Wales in Belfast

March 10, 1883

Pádraig Ó Siochfhradha, writer is born in Dingle, Co. Kerry

March 10, 1810

Sir Samuel Ferguson, Celtic scholar, born

March 10, 1748

John Playfair, clergyman, geologist, mathematician, born.

March 10, 1615

St. John Ogilvie, a Jesuit priest, was hanged for refusing to renounce the supremacy of the Pope

March 10, 1478

John De La Pole, the Duke of Suffolk, is appointed lieutenant of Ireland

March 10, 0560

St Kessog Day, the patron saint of Scotland