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Today in 1937, George Carlin, one of America’s best stand-up comedians, was born to an Irish father, Patrick Carlin and an Irish American mother, Mary Bearey. Read our 2006 interview with him here: tinyurl.com/454czt4y (Photo: Alex Lozupone CC 4.0 via Wiki Commons)

Today in 1779, Irish poet, musician, singer, and journalist Thomas Morne was born. Read our feature on the legendary creator of the "Irish Melodies" tunes here: tinyurl.com/3cswujpn

William “W.T.” Cosgrave, the first President of the Executive Council or prime minister of the Irish Free State, was born on this day in 1880. He joined the Irish volunteers in 1913 and took part in the Easter Rising of 1916. He differed with Eamon de Valera in many respects.

Actor Liam Neeson was born William John Neeson on this day in 1952 in Co. Antrim. Neeson worked several jobs, such as a forklift operator for Guinness, before joining the Belfast Lyric Players’ Theater. (Liam Neeson on the Today Show, 2023. © NBC/Getty Images)

On this day in 1919, Actor Richard Todd, who was nominated for an Academy Award for his role as Cpl. Lachlan McLachlan in 1949’s The Hasty Heart, was born in Dublin.

Legendary actor and Oscar winner Gregory Peck died on this day in 2003. Read his 1997 interview with our Editor in Chief, Patricia Harty, here: tinyurl.com/5ddtakct (Photo: Photograph: Cinetext/Paramount/Allstar)

On this day in 1690, King William III landed in Ireland to confront former King James II. Ireland was controlled by Roman Catholics loyal to James, and Franco-Irish Jacobites arrived with French forces in March 1689 to join the war in Ireland and contest Protestant resistance.

Today in 2010, British PM David Cameron made a speech at Westminster Abbey in which he called the 1972 Derry Bloody Sunday massacre “unjustified and unjustifiable" and apologized on behalf of the British government. (Photo: © AFP / Getty Images)

Historically known as Bloomsday, June 16, 1904 marks the day during which all of Joyce’s Ulysses takes place. (Photo: Bloomsday performers outside Davy Byrne's pub, 2003.)

Denis Johnston, Irish playwright and protege of W.B. Yeats and George Bernard Shaw, was born on this day in 1901.

Today marks the commission of the LE Deirdre, a naval offshore patrol ship. The L.E. Deirdre, which was the first ship purpose-built in Ireland to patrol Irish waters marks a significant milestone in the development of Ireland’s Navy. (Photo via the Irish Naval Service)