Events for March 17

March 17, 1858

James Stephens founds the Irish Republican Brotherhood in Dublin

James Stephens (Irish: Séamus Mac Stiofáin;[2] 26 January 1825 – 29 March 1901) was an Irish Republican, and the founding member of an originally unnamed revolutionary organisation in Dublin. This organisation, founded on 17 March 1858, was later to become known as the Irish Republican Brotherhood (I.R.B).

March 17, 1864

Charlotte Milligan Fox, collector of folk music, is born in Omagh, Co. Tyrone

Charlotte Olivia Milligan Fox (17 March 1864 – 25 March 1916) was an Irish composer, folk music collector and writer.

March 17, 1777

Patrick Brontë, clergyman, is born in Ballynaskeagh, Co. Down

Patrick Brontë (born Patrick Brunty; 17 March 1777 – 7 June 1861) was an Irish Anglican minister and author who spent most of his adult life in England.

March 17, 1852

Patrick Sheehan, Canon Sheehan, priest and writer, is born in Mallow, Co. Cork

Patrick Augustine Sheehan (17 March 1852 – 5 October 1913) was an Irish Catholic priest, author and political activist. He was usually known as Canon Sheehan after his 1903 appointment as a canon of the diocese of Cloyne, or more fully as Canon Sheehan of Doneraile, after the town of Doneraile where he wrote almost all of his major works and served as parish priest.