On this day

March 10   1810 Sir Samuel Ferguson, antiquary and poet, notably of Lays of the Western Gael (1865), was born in Belfast. He was knighted in 1878 for his work as first Deputy Keeper of the Public Records of Ireland. 12   1910 Timothy Harrington, Irish Party MP who was mainly responsible for devising the ‘Plan of ... Read more

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