Though it was put back to 01/03/1655 Richard Tobin of Lyrath had a certificate of Transplantation to Connaught signed in 1654 On This Day

Arthur Wellesley 1st Duke of Wellington whose home in Carlow was Erindale on the Kilkenny Road was born in 1769 On This Day

Charles de Gaulle lost a referendum and came to holiday in Ireland having resigned as president of France in 1969 On This Day

Gavrilo Princip whose assassination of Archduke Ferdinand of Austriaand his wife Sophie led to World War 1 died in prison in 1918 On This Day

Hollywood Actor and Director William Desmond Taylor was born in The Elms, Carlow Town in 1872 On This Day