01/03/2018.Reading time 11 minutes.
1703 – Birth of Philip Tisdall, politician and Attorney General noted for his lavish hospitality. 1726 – Abraham Shackleton, a Quaker, opens a school at Ballitore, Co Kildare. Edmund Burke will later be a pupil. 1794 – Statutes of Dublin University amended to allow Catholics to take degrees. 1832 – Robert James Graves was a […]
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01/03/2017.Reading time 6 minutes.
In the liturgical calendar, today starts the beginning of Lent, a solemn religious observance that begins on Ash Wednesday and ends approximately six weeks later, on Easter Sunday. 1703 – Birth of Philip Tisdall, politician and Attorney General noted for his lavish hospitality. 1726 – Abraham Shackleton, a Quaker, opens a school at Ballitore, Co […]
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01/03/2016.Reading time 4 minutes.
1703 – Birth of Philip Tisdall, politician and Attorney General noted for his lavish hospitality. 1726 – Abraham Shackleton, a Quaker, opens a school at Ballitore, Co Kildare. Edmund Burke will later be a pupil. 1794 – Statutes of Dublin University amended to allow Catholics to take degrees. 1847 – Horrific Report on Irish Famine. […]
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