March 16, 1839John B. Yeats, painter and father of William Butler and Jack B. Yeats, is born in Tullylish, Co. Down
June 19, 1841Birth in Roscommon of Sir George Arthur French (a relation of Percy French, the songwriter) who organised the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
February 27, 1841William Bruce, Sr., the last surviving member of the Ulster Volunteer convention of 1783, dies
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