This Day the 28th of March in Irish History.
In the year: 1970
Easter rising commemorations lead to rioting and the first fighting between the British army and Provisional IRA
In the year: 1820
Sir William Howard Russell, war correspondent, is born in Tallaght, Co. Dublin
In the year: 1957
Death of Patrick "Jack" B. Yeats, Ireland's leading painter of the 20th century
In the year: 2003
A Dublin woman pays 8,500 euros for two tickets for Ireland’s Grand Slam showdown with England. With interest in the game at fever pitch, Ann Higgins secures her seats for one of the biggest games of the year during a charity auction on the Marian Finucane Show.
In the year: 1944
Birth of Nell McCafferty, journalist and feminist, in Derry/Londonderry