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#Otd 1981: Hunger striker Bobby Sands won a parliamentary seat in the Fermanagh & South Tyrone by-election. He won the seat with 30,493 votes to 29,046 for the Ulster Unionist Party's Harry West. He became the youngest MP at the time (27). He died 26 days later. 🎨Andre Mooney

#Otd 1234: Richard Marshal, 3rd Earl of Pembroke (left) defeated by knights loyal to King Henry III (right) at Battle of the #Curragh Co #Kildare. Supposedly his 15 knights against 140?! Braveheart filmed there! Died 16 April @kilkennycastle from his wounds 🪦Kilkenny Grey Friary

29 March: St Fergus/Ferghas, son of Enda, of Inis Caín/#Inishkeen, Lough Erne, Co #Fermanagh. 3 tales about lake's origins, & prince Conn-eda went on quest to get 3 golden apples, black steed & supernatural hound from city under lough, ruled by Fir Bolg king!🎨Katherine Pyle.

#Otd 1957: Death in Dublin of Jack Butler Yeats.👨‍🎨 & 1924 Olympic silver medallist🥈; "The Liffey Swim"! Siblings: WB, Lily, Lolly! Father: artist John Butler! Painted landscapes/figures, mainly from west, esp boyhood home of #Sligo https://t.co/1r50yBQebO https://t.co/A9QDRq35Ne

#Otd 1949: #Belfast's CS Lewis completed The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe! 1st of 7, The Chronicles of Narnia, but vol 2 sequenced by the stories' chronology! Here's Aslan's resurrection to mark Christ's resurrection in Irish martyrologies (27 March)! https://t.co/RgSFWbZzLV

Bill Massey PC (26 March 1856 #Limavady, Co #Derry-10 May 1925 Wellington, NZ). Farmed near Auckland, New Zealand, hence "Farmer Bill"! 2nd longest serving PM of NZ (19th). Known for farming interest & opposition organised labour. @MasseyUni named for him! https://t.co/FblSOXCv1t

24 March: St Fergus. Popular name both for saints & kings! Meant "virility"! Ex-Ulster king Fergus mac Róich had relationship with Queen Medb of Connacht! Fergus mac Léti King of Ulster fell asleep on beach/dragged into sea by 3 lúchorpáin! Fergus the Great, King of Dál Riata.

23 March: Ss Dar Erca (mistake or different from Dar Erca of Ireland?), the daughters of Feradach, Lasar daughter of Fintan & Ciannat/Mo Cholla virgin. All female saints. Lasar/Lassair "flame/fire" is the most common Irish female saint name. ©Celtic Mysteries

Melesina Trench (22 March 1768 #Dublin-27 May 1827). née Chenevix. Huguenots.✍️, poet, diarist. Known for her beauty! Travelled Germany after 1st husband died, with cream of European society eg Lucien Bonaparte! Diaries published after death; big success! https://t.co/qfsVo6VOqf

#Otd 1768: Death of #Clonmel #Tipperary's Rev Laurence Sterne. CofE clergy/novelist eg 'The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman', 'A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy' & sermons/memoirs https://t.co/f2Ma3s0wIe https://t.co/EQQpZDDK1l https://t.co/0V3nndrpoi