September 3, 1571Earl of Lennox, Regent of Scotland, Murdered. Earl of Mar Appointed Regent but He Died in October 1572.
September 3, 1745Prince Charles Edward Stuart Proclaimed His Father as King James VIII of Scotland at Perth.
September 3, 1842In Kill, Co. Kildare, Birth of John Devoy, Journalist and Leading Member of the Fenians
September 3, 1850Charters Are Granted to Colleges in Belfast, Cork and Galway, Under the Universities (Ireland) Act
September 3, 1901James Hanley, Novelist and Short Story Writer, Is Born in Liverpool of Irish Parents
September 3, 1905Birth of James “Snowy” Dunne, Widely Regarded as One of Ireland’s Greatest Centre Forwards.