February

King James V passed a law which recognised Scotlands gypsies

February 17, 1540

Ian Banks, writer is born in Dunfermline, Fife

February 18, 1958

Mervyn Johns, actor, was born

February 18, 1899

Edward Roberts, Welsh poet, died

February 18, 1867

Henry Tudor created Prince of Wales (later Henry VIII)

February 18, 1503

George, Duke of Clarence, is executed for high treason

February 18, 1478

The Statutes of Kilkenny are passed

February 18, 1366

The Statutes of Kilkenny are passed in an attempt to prevent Norman settlers becoming more Irish than the Irish themselves

US government deports Joseph Doherty, volunteer Oglaigh na hÉireann

February 19, 1992

A general election in the Republic returns a Fianna Fáil government with Haughey as Taoiseach

February 19, 1987

De Valera states his intention to preserve Irish neutrality in the event of a second world war

February 19, 1939

Muiris Ó'Suilleabhain, writer, born

February 19, 1904

England and the Netherlands sign the Peace of Westminster

February 19, 1674