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March 17

March 17

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Happy St. Patricks Day !

March 17, 2000

Longhope lifeboat sank in the Pentland Firth with the loss of eight men on board, all from the small island of Hoy.

March 17, 1969

The cartoon character Dennis the Menace appeared for the first time in the Beano comic.

March 17, 1951

St. Patrick's Day, becomes a bank day

March 17, 1903

First issue of Gaelic Leagues An Claidheamh Soluis is published

March 17, 1899

Harry Clarke, artist, known chiefly for stained-glass work, is born in Dublin

March 17, 1889

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

March 17, 1864

James Stephens founds the Irish Republican Brotherhood in Dublin

March 17, 1858

The Ossianic Society is founded to preserve and publish manuscripts of the Fionn cycle

March 17, 1853

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

March 17, 1852

Patrick Edward Connor, Union General, is born in Co. Kerry

March 17, 1820

Charles James Patrick Mahon, is born in Ennis, Co. Clare

March 17, 1800

Sir Thomas Maclear, astronomer, is born in Newtownstewart, Co. Tyrone

March 17, 1794

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

March 17, 1777

King James IV, King of Scots, born.

March 17, 1473

Treaty of Edinburgh between King Robert I and Edward III

March 17, 1328