Charles Stewart Parnell, deeply superstitious and depressive, dreaded his birth month, October, ‘a month of influence’. Gladstone, a workaholic, assessed the year’s achievements in December, the month he was born. O’Connor Power, with Hibernian flair, marked his birthday, 13 February.
See ‘February 13th 1893’, The Speaker.
Also That Irishman, pp.232-234.