February 27

Coslett Quin, clergyman, scholar and linguist, is born in Derriaghy, Co. Antrim

The Rev. Canon Cosslett Quin, in Irish Cosslett Ó Cuinn (Derriaghy, County Antrim, 27 February 1907 – 6 December 1995) was a priest of the Church of Ireland who translated the New Testament into Irish.

Caradar Cornish, pioneer in language revival and author, is born

William Bruce, Sr., the last surviving member of the Ulster Volunteer convention of 1783, dies

The Irish House of Commons is partly destroyed by fire

François Thurot holds the castle and the town of Carrickfergus until this date

Second Treaty of Berwick between England and Scotland

Battle of Ancrum Moor

From the late thirteenth Century until 1560, Scotland had one primary ally in Europe, the Kingdom of France. This alliance had been mutually beneficial to both sides, providing military support and money in the fight against a common enemy, England. H

Garret More Fitzgerald, 8th Earl of Kildare, is arrested in Dublin by Sir Edward Poynings