April 27, 1739Lord Barry of Santry Is Tried by His Peers in the Parliament House for the Murder of His Former Servant Laughlin Murphy in August 1738
April 27, 1891The First Ever Irish Musical Comedy, the Irish Girl, Written by Percy French and William Collisson, Is Staged at the Queen’s Theatre, Dublin
April 27, 1904Cecil Day-Lewis, Poet, Novelist, Critic, and Irelands Poet Laureate From 1968 to 1972, Is Born in Ballintogher, Co. Sligo