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Celtic History

On this day in Celtic history

March 08

On this day

March 8, 1574

Captain William Martin Lays Siege to Grace O'Malley in Rockfleet Castle

March 8, 1594

English Expedition Sets Out From Galway to Kill Pirate Queen, Grace O'Malley

March 8, 1700

Anne Bonny, Née Cormac, Pirate, Is Born in Co. Cork

March 8, 1702

William III Dies When His Horse Stumbles on a Molehill

March 8, 1742

William Crotty, Outlaw of the Comeragh Mountains, Is Tried in Waterford

March 8, 1854

Tom Horan, Australian Cricketer, Is Born

March 8, 1859

Kenneth Grahame, Author of the Wind in the Willows Born in Edinburgh

March 8, 1899

Novelist Eric Linklater, Son of an Orkney Master Mariner, Born in Wales.

March 8, 1903

Charles Gavan Duffy, Young Irelander, Is Buried in Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin

March 8, 1909

Francis MacManus, Novelist, Is Born

March 8, 1921

Sir James Comyn, Lawyer, Is Born in Dublin

March 8, 1925

Paddy Devlin, Socialist Politician, Is Born in Belfast

March 8, 1942

Mary MacSwiney, Irish Patriot, Dies