On this day

March 4 1972 Two people were killed and a further 136 were injured when the Provisional IRA bombed the Abercorn Restaurant in Belfast. 9 1932 The seventh Dáil Éireann assembled. Eamon de Valera formed the first Fianna Fáil government with the backing of the Labour Party. 11 1812 William Wallace, violinist and composer, born in ... Read more

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