March (Márta) 3

 

1592 - A charter incorporates the College of tthe Holy and Undivided Trinity, near Dublin, later to become known as Trinity College

 

1766 - Four pirates are found guilty in Dublinn of murdering on the high seas Captain Cochrane, Captain Glass and others, and of plundering and scuttling the Lord Sandwich; they are executed in St Stephen's Green on this date and later hanged in chains near the Liffey; complaints from the public lead to the removal of the corpses to Dalkey Island

 

1831 - In the 'tithe war', 120 police move in to Graiguenamanagh to seize cattle in payment of the tithe

Note - Graiguenamanagh ("town of the monks") is a quaint little town in the southeast of Ireland - I highly recommend it as place to stay (B&B)
if you want to visit points in that portion of Ireland.

 

1849 - Gold Coinage Act authorizes $20 Double Eagle gold coin (1924 design by Irishman Augustus Saint Gaudens)

 

1872 - Wee Willie Keeler, Hall of Fame outfielder (Baltimore Orioles); hit .432 in 1897
William Henry O'Kelleher Jr. was born on March 3, 1872 in Brooklyn. He was the son of William O'Kelleher Sr., a trolley switch man.

 

O'Kelleher Jr. was a captain for his high school team as a freshman, but quit school the following year. He played for Flushing and Arlington, local semi-pro teams.

 

Keeler finally broke into organized baseball in 1892 at the age of 20, when he signed with Binghamton, an Eastern League team. As a rookie, he hit .373 but was a terrible fielder, with 48 errors in just 93 games at third base.
Source: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/76724-an-awesome-player-an-awesome-name-the-story-of-wee-willie-keeler

Note - If you are interested in the Irish inflluence on the early days of baseball - I welcome you to visit our division web site
www.aoh61.com and click on the Sports link on the left. Also for reading I suggest the following book - Ed Delahanty in the Emerald Age of Baseball (Paperback)
by Jerrold Casway

 

1887 - On this day in 1887, Anne Sullivan begins teaching six-year-old Helen Keller, who lost her sight and hearing after a severe illness at the age of 19 months. Under Sullivan's tutelage, including her pioneering "touch teaching" techniques, the previously uncontrollable Keller flourished, eventually graduating from college and becoming an international lecturer and activist. Sullivan, later dubbed "the miracle worker," remained Keller's interpreter and constant companion until the older woman's death in 1936.

1920 - James Doohan born in Vancouver British Columbia of Irish parents, actor (Montgomery Scott "Scotty" -Star Trek)

1923 - Inspector James McCabe was shot and killed by smugglers on the Detroit River in Detroit, Michigan.

 

1924 - Sean O'Casey's "Juno & the Paycock" premieres in Dublin

 

1932 - Officer George P. Kelley (MA) died from two tear gas bullets to the face on October 22, 1930 during an alcohol seizure raid at Wyman’s

Cove. 

 

1934 - Norman Houstoun O'Neill, composer, dies at 58

1954 - Birth of Ollie Campbell, rugby player, in Dublin

1977 - Birth of Ronan Keating of Boyzone fame<

 

1989 - Deputy Richard Robert McHale was killed after being beaten and shot at a family disturbance call in Oildale (CA).


1991 -  Cappagh killings – three PIRA volunteers and a Catholic civilian were shot dead by the UVF at Boyle's Bar in Cappagh, County Tyrone. The volunteers arrived in a car as a UVF gang was about to attack the pub. The UVF fired at the car (killing the volunteers) then fired into the pub (killing the civilian). According to nationalist sources, UVF Mid-Ulster Brigade commander Billy Wright was involved.

 

1998 - Two friends, one a Catholic the other aa Protestant, are shot dead, after being ordered to lie on the floor of a bar in Pontyz Pass, near Newry, Co. Down

 

2003 - Taoiseach Bertie Ahern and British Primme Minister Tony Blair conduct talks at Hillsborough Castle in the latest bid to restore devolution and secure the Provisionals’ disarmament

 


Feast Days:

 

St. Non (Nonna, Nonnita) of Wales

 

6th century. Non is an obscure Irish saint of noble birth, or perhaps born of noble descent in Dyfed, Wales. She resided at a convent in Ty Gwyn near present-day St. David's in Wales. She was the unwed mother of St. David after being seduced by a local chieftain named Sant. As penance for this evil deed Sant founded a monastery at a place some eight miles from Altarnon now called Lezant. William of Worcester states that St David was born at Altarnon if so making him Cornish by birth.

 

She died in Brittany. Her relics were enshrined in Cornwall until the time of the impious Reformation. (Benedictines, Delaney, Encyclopaedia).

 

She is also patron of this parish,Pelynt, near Looe
http://homepages.tesco.net/~k.wasley/Altarnun.htm ,

 

She is also patron of the parish of Dirinon in Brittany.

 

Alternon on Cornwall is the church where St Nonna's Altar stone is preserved.

 

St. Owen (Owin, Ouini) of Lichfield, Hermit

 

Died 680. Bede mentions Owen as a monk of great merit who forsook high office and a distinguished career for the love of his Lord. He came with
Queen Etheldreda from East Anglia, and was her prime minister and the governor of her household. To these great employments he brought not only a high sense of duty, but also, under the influence of St. Chad (f.d. March 2) and other Celtic missionaries, a growing sense of Christian faith and obligation, until there came a day when he resolved to surrender his secular offices and devote himself entirely to the service of God.

 

St. Sacer (Mo-Sacra) of Saggard, Abbot

 

7th century. An Irish saint, Sacer was the abbot-founder of the monastery of Saggard, Dublin (Benedictines).

 

St. Cele-Christ (Christicola), Bishop

 

Died c. 728. St. Cele-Christ ('worshipper of Christ) led an eremitical life for many years until he was forced to accept the bishopric of Leinster (Benedictines).


St. Foila (Faile) of Galway, Virgin

 

6th century. St. Foila is said to have been the sister of St. Colgan (f.d. February 20). The two were patrons of the parishes of Kil-Faile (Kileely) and Kil-Colgan in Galway. Kil-Faile has been a noted place of pilgrimage (Benedictines).

 

St. Lamalisse of Lamlash, Hermit

 

7th century. St. Lamalisse was a Scottish hermit who has lent his name to an islet (Lamlash) off the coast of the isle of Arran (Benedictines).