Thomas Murphy, a playwright, is born

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calendar 1995

James Heriot, author of All Creatures Great and Small, died

February 23, 1995

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calendar 1948

John Robert Gregg, Irish Inventor of Gregg Shorthand, died

February 23, 1948

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calendar 1908

Sinn Fein contests its first election, County Leitrim

February 23, 1908

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calendar 1874

Hugh Stevenson Robertson, Scottish composer of Songs of the Isles, born

February 23, 1874

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calendar 1713

Nicola Hamilton, widow of Tristram Beresford MP, dies on her 47th birthday

February 23, 1713

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calendar 1649

Giovanni Battista Rinuccini returns to Rome

February 23, 1649

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calendar 1317

Bruces army marches south and reaches Castleknock, within sight of Dublin

February 23, 1317