February

Death of Thomas Moore, popular poet and editor of Irish Melodies

February 25, 1852

John Philip Holland - Irish inventor and developer of the modern submarine, born

February 25, 1841

John Philip Holland (1841-1914) was born in Liscanor, County Clare, Ireland in 1841.

Elizabeth I is excommunicated by Pope Pious V

February 25, 1570

Robert Watson Watt demonstrated radar for the first time

February 26, 1935

Scotland football manager Ally MacLeod born in Glasgow

February 26, 1931

William Smith O'Brien, leader of the 1848 rebellion, is pardoned

February 26, 1854

The Bank of Ireland suspends gold payments

February 26, 1797

Philip van der Straten, sets up a factory in Kelso, thus starting the Border woolen industry

February 26, 1672

Thomas Arundell, Sheriff of Dorsetshire, died

February 26, 1551

A second son, was a gentleman of the Privy Chamber to Cardinal Wolsey and served as Sheriff of Dorsetshire in 1531-32.

Coslett Quin, clergyman, scholar and linguist, is born in Derriaghy, Co. Antrim

February 27, 1907

The Rev. Canon Cosslett Quin, in Irish Cosslett Ó Cuinn (Derriaghy, County Antrim, 27 February 1907 – 6 December 1995) was a priest of the Church of Ireland who translated the New Testament into …

Caradar Cornish, pioneer in language revival and author, is born

February 27, 1883

William Bruce, Sr., the last surviving member of the Ulster Volunteer convention of 1783, dies

February 27, 1841