Burkesday?

Anthony Paletta in National Review on why Ireland should celebrate another great son.

Bertie Ahern, the Irish prime minister, has called Burke "one of our famous Irish writers." This ranks prominently in the annals of understatement. Having already established a day for that other famous author, Dublin could do worse than hold a "Burkesday." He was born on January 12 (in 1729) and he died on July 9 (in 1797). Either date would suffice. And the chief entertainment is obvious: dramatic readings of Reflections on the Revolution in France. Revelers could even burn effigies of Robespierre and Warren Hastings.