Birth in Dublin of Richard Dalton Williams.

Richard D’Alton Williams is born in Dublin on October 8, 1829. He is educated at Carlow Academy and later studies medicine at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Dublin. A gifted poet and nationalist, Williams becomes a prominent member of the Young Ireland movement and contributes verse to The Nation newspaper under the pseudonym “Shamrock.” His poetry blends patriotic fervor with lyrical grace, making him a notable literary voice of the 1848 revolutionary generation.