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March 29th

Tue 29 Mar 1932

Birth of Richard Burke, Fine Gael politician and EC Commissioner

Sat 29 Mar 1924

Charles Villiers Stanford, composer-writer, dies

Mon 29 Mar 1915

Jazz trombonist George Chisholm born.

Sat 29 Mar 1913

Birth in Dublin of actor Niall MacGinnis

Fri 29 Mar 1901

James Stephens, Fenian leader, dies

Sat 29 Mar 1873

Peig Sayers, Blasket Island storyteller, is born in Dunquin, Co. Kerry

Tue 29 Mar 1859

First publication of The Irish Times

Fri 29 Mar 1793

Charlotte Brooke, author of Reliques of Ancient Irish Poetry, dies

Sat 29 Mar 1783

The Royal Society of Edinburgh incorporated by charter.

Fri 29 Mar 1613

A charter incorporates Derry as the city of Londonderry and creates the new county of Londonderry