August 17, 1791Birth of Richard Lalor Sheil, Dramatist and Politician; First Catholic Privy Councillor, in Drumdowney, Co. Kilkenny
August 17, 1846Lord John Russells Whig Administration Decides Not to Interfere With Internal or Export Markets for Food
August 17, 1878Birth of Oliver St. John Gogarty, Writer, and the Model for the Stately, Plump Buck Mulligan in Joyces Ulysses