#OTD in 1920 – Death of Percy French, writer of many popular Irish songs, including the Mountains of Mourne.

24/01/2019.Reading time 2 minutes.

William Percy French was born on 1 May 1854 near Roscommon. (William would be known as Willie until taking the name Percy as his stage name much later). His father was a landlord and his mother’s father was a clergyman. Despite the lack of music background in his family, Willie demonstrated talent for music and […]

#OTD in 1998 – Death of actress, Maureen O’Sullivan, who was born in Boyle, Co Roscommon.

23/06/2018.Reading time 1 minute.

Maureen Paula O’Sullivan was the daughter of Mary (née Frazer) and Charles Joseph O’Sullivan, an officer in the Connaught Rangers who served in World War I. She attended a convent school in Dublin, then the Convent of the Sacred Heart at Roehampton (now Woldingham School), England. One of her classmates there was Vivian Mary Hartley, […]

#OTD in 1911 – Birth of actress Maureen O’Sullivan, in Boyle, Co Roscommon.

17/05/2018.Reading time 1 minute.

#OTD in 1920 – Death of Percy French, writer of many popular Irish songs, including the Mountains of Mourne.

24/01/2018.Reading time 2 minutes.

#OTD in 1911 – Birth of actress, Maureen O’Sullivan, in Boyle, Co Roscommon.

17/05/2017.Reading time 1 minute.

1920 – Death of Percy French, writer of many popular Irish songs, including the Mountains of Mourne.

24/01/2017.Reading time 2 minutes.

1911 – Birth of actress Maureen O’Sullivan in Boyle, Roscommon.

17/05/2016.Reading time 1 minute.

1920 – Death of Percy French, writer of many popular Irish songs.

24/01/2016.Reading time 2 minutes.

1911 – Birth of actress Maureen O’Sullivan in Boyle, Roscommon who is remembered for her role as Jane in a series of five movies opposite Johnny Weissmuller’s Tarzan.

17/05/2014.Reading time 1 minute.

1738 – Irish harpist and composer, Turlough O’Carolan, dies at Alderford House, the home of his patron Máire MacDermott Roe, in Ballyfarnan, Co. Roscommon.

25/03/2014.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Death of Irish harpist and composer Turlough O’Carolan. His wake lasted four days! At age 18, he was blinded by smallpox and took to playing the harp. O’Carolan travelled Ireland most of his life as a wandering minstrel and composer achieving a level of fame that was unusual for the time. At age fifty he […]

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#OTD in 1920 – Death of Percy French, writer of many popular Irish songs, including the Mountains of Mourne.

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#OTD in 1998 – Death of actress, Maureen O’Sullivan, who was born in Boyle, Co Roscommon.

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#OTD in 1911 – Birth of actress Maureen O’Sullivan, in Boyle, Co Roscommon.

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#OTD in 1920 – Death of Percy French, writer of many popular Irish songs, including the Mountains of Mourne.

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#OTD in 1911 – Birth of actress, Maureen O’Sullivan, in Boyle, Co Roscommon.

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1920 – Death of Percy French, writer of many popular Irish songs, including the Mountains of Mourne.

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1911 – Birth of actress Maureen O’Sullivan in Boyle, Roscommon.

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1920 – Death of Percy French, writer of many popular Irish songs.

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1911 – Birth of actress Maureen O’Sullivan in Boyle, Roscommon who is remembered for her role as Jane in a series of five movies opposite Johnny Weissmuller’s Tarzan.

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1738 – Irish harpist and composer, Turlough O’Carolan, dies at Alderford House, the home of his patron Máire MacDermott Roe, in Ballyfarnan, Co. Roscommon.

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