March 11

March 11, 1954

Margaret (Gretta) Cousins, Irish womens rights activist, died

March 11, 1951

Sir Alexander Fleming, discoverer of penicillin, died

March 11, 1926

Eamon de Valera resigns as head of Sinn Féin

March 11, 1880

Parnell launches the Irish National Land League of the USA

March 11, 1873

Gladstones Irish University Bill is defeated

March 11, 1858

Thomas James Clarke, Irish revolutionary, is born of Irish parents

March 11, 1812

William Vincent Wallace, composer, is born in Co. Waterford

March 11, 1747

Iolo Morganwg (Edward Williams), Welsh Poet, born