February 28

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John Montague, best known for his volume, The Rough Field, is born

Seán MacDiarmada, revolutionary, is born in Kiltycolgher, Co. Leitrim

Arthur Symons, Cornish poet born in Wales

Whitley Stokes, jurist and Celtic scholar, is born in Dublin

William Dargan, railway engineer and philanthropist, is born in Carlow

The Northern Whig Club is founded in Belfast

Henry Pyne, MP for Dungarvan, aged about 24 and the father of three children, is killed in a duel

Second National Covenant signed in Greyfriars Churchyard

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