March 27

March 27, 1943

Aircraft carrier HMS Dasher blew up and sank off the island of Arran, loss of 350 crew

March 27, 1872

Mary MacSwiney, Maire Nic Shuibhne, Irish patriot, is born

March 27, 1869

James MacNeill, Governor-General of the Irish Free State, is born in Glenarm, Co. Antrim

March 27, 1839

John Ballance, Prime Minister of New Zealand, born in Glenavy, Co. Antrim

March 27, 1766

First publication of The Vicar Of Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith

March 27, 1725

The first number of Faulkners Dublin Journal is published

March 27, 1650

Kilkenny surrenders to Cromwell

March 27, 1625

Charles 1 becomes king of England, Scotland and Ireland

March 27, 1599

Robert Devereux becomes Lieutenant-General of Ireland

March 27, 1351

The Combat of the Thirty