March 22

Birth of actor Wilfrid Brambell in Dublin

March 22, 1912

Yn Cheshaght Ghailckagh, The Manx Gaelic Society, Formed

March 22, 1899

Last fully public hanginghanging in Scotland that of Joseph Bell at Perth.

March 22, 1868

Birth of artist Sarah Purser in Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin

March 22, 1848

The Irish Emigrant Society is founded in New York

March 22, 1841

Sir Richard Sankey, soldier and engineer, is born in Cashel, Co. Tipperary

March 22, 1829

Melasina Trench, writer, is born in Dublin

March 22, 1768

Neil Gow, first of a famous family of Fiddle players and composers, born

March 22, 1727

With the return of a Catholic monarchy James II payments to the Catholic hierarchy are authorized

March 22, 1686

Scottish and French troops defeat English forces at Baugé in Anjou, France

March 22, 1421