Events for April 03

April 3, 1846

Death of Michael Moran, aka Zozimus, balladeer and storyteller

Michael J. Moran (c. 1794 – 3 April 1846), popularly known as Zozimus /ˈzɒzɪməs/, was an Irish street rhymer. He was a resident of Dublin and also known as the “Blind Bard of the Liberties” and the “Last of the Gleemen”.

April 3, 1807

Maurice FitzGerald, MP for Co. Kerry, resigns as Commissioner of the Treasury

Sir Maurice FitzGerald, 18th Knight of Kerry (29 December 1774 – 7 March 1849) was an hereditary knight and an Irish Whig politician.

April 3, 1900

Queen Victoria arrives at Kingstown for a three-day visit to Ireland

Victoria visited mainland Europe regularly for holidays. In 1889, during a stay in Biarritz, she became the first reigning monarch from Britain to set foot in Spain when she crossed the border for a brief visit.

April 3, 1603

Banning of the Clan MacGregor by act of James IV of Scotland

The Clan Gregor is a Highland Scottish clan. Of all the clans of Rannoch, the MacGregors were the fiercest and the most feared. The Macgregors were known to be a powerful clan, holding lands in Perthshire and Argyllshire, namely Glenstrae, Glenlochy, Glenlyon and Glengyle. Outlawed for nearly two hundred years after losing their lands in a long power struggle with the Clan Campbell, the Clan Gregor extravagantly claims descent from Kenneth MacAlpin, the first King of Scotland, a descent which is proclaimed in the motto, S Rioghal Mo Dhream, translated as Royal is my Race. Although the MacGregors insist that they take their name from Gregor, a son of the Scottish king Kenneth MacAlplin, there is no evidence to support this claim.