April 6

1879 Above: Lord George Hill c. 1867. (Columbia University) Lord George Hill (77), landlord, whose estates covered some 23,000 acres in north-west Donegal, died. Hill is perhaps best remembered for […]

April 02

1931 Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, who held an hour of talks with Taoiseach Charles J. Haughey and government ministers during a stopover in Shannon on […]

March 31

2012 Mike Nesbitt (54) was elected leader of the Ulster Unionist Party. 1976 The Cork–Dublin mail train was robbed of c. £150,000 near Sallins, Co. Kildare. 1711 Eight women from […]

March 30

1922 The second Craig–Collins agreement was signed. Craig agreed to recruit Catholics into the Ulster Special Constabulary, whilst Collins agreed to quell IRA activity in Northern Ireland. Neither side delivered […]

March 29

1869 Birth of Sir Edwin Lutyens, acclaimed British architect, whose works in Ireland include the Irish National War Memorial Gardens in Islandbridge, Dublin. 1912 Captain Robert Falcon Scott (43) died […]