Today in Celtic History

Celtic History

• August 14, 1964 - University of Strathclyde was constituted in Glasgow, based on the Royal College of Science and Technology. - Read More
• August 14, 1907 - H. Montgomery Hyde, author and unionist MP, is born in Belfast - Read More
• August 14, 1903 - The Land Purchase Act (Wyndham Act) is enacted and allows for entire estates to be purchased by the occupying tenantry, subsidized by the state - Read More
• August 14, 1850 - The Irish Franchise Act is enacted and has the effect of increasing the electorate from 45,000 to 164,000 - Read More
• August 14, 1827 - Foundation is laid for the George IV Bridge, Edinburgh - Read More
• August 14, 1814 - Mary O'Connell is born in Co. Limerick, known as Sister Anthony, she serves in the American Civil War as a nurse - Read More
• August 14, 1784 - Nathaniel Hone, painter and member of the Royal Academy at the time of its founding in 1768, dies - Read More
• August 14, 1778 - Gardiners Catholic Relief Act is enacted - Read More
• August 14, 1598 - High O'Neill defeats the English at the Battle of Yellow Ford - Read More
• August 14, 1390 - King Robert III crowned at the Augustinian abbey of Scone. - Read More
• August 13, 1974 - Kate O'Brien, Irish writer, dies - Read More
• August 13, 1947 - The Health Act extends the powers of county councils and provides maternity care - Read More
• August 13, 1898 - The first issue of Workers’ Republic - Read More
• August 13, 1888 - Birth of John Logie Baird, developer of television. - Read More
• August 13, 1887 - Special committee appointed to investigate Parnells ties to Phoenix Park murders - Read More
• August 13, 1881 - First issue of United Ireland, Parnellite weekly - Read More
• August 13, 1846 - Birth of Otto Jaffe in Hamburg - Read More
• August 13, 1826 - Rene T.H. Laennec, Breton inventor of the stethoscope, died - Read More
• August 13, 1826 - Explorer Alexander Gordon Laing became the first Christian to reach Timbuctu, Africa. - Read More
• August 13, 1819 - Birth of Sir George Gabriel Stokes, mathematician and physicist, in Skreen, Co. Sligo - Read More
• August 13, 1689 - The Duke of Schomberg lands at Groomsport with his 10,000 strong Williamite army - Read More
• August 12, 1922 - Arthur Griffith, founder of Sinn Fein, dies of a cerebral hemorrhage - Read More
• August 12, 1922 - Popular character actor Fulton McKay was born. - Read More
• August 12, 1920 - Terence MacSwiney, Lord Mayor of Cork, arrested by British; he immediately goes on hunger strike - Read More
• August 12, 1914 - Death of John Holland, from Liscannor, Co. Clare, designer of the first submarine - Read More
• August 12, 1899 - First issue of James Connolly's Workers Republic - Read More
• August 12, 1898 - Irish Local Government Act sets up elective county and district councils - Read More
• August 12, 1870 - Sir Hubert Gough, soldier and participant in Curragh mutiny of 1914, is born in Gurteen, Co. Waterford - Read More
• August 12, 1822 - Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh, commits suicide by cutting his throat with a penknife - Read More
• August 12, 1821 - George IV begins his visit to Ireland; he is received enthusiastically by O'Connell and others - Read More
• August 12, 1804 - Birth of James Whiteside, orator and Lord Chief Justice, in Delgany, Co. Wicklow - Read More
• August 12, 1796 - Kilmainham Gaol in Dublin receives its first prisoners - Read More
• August 12, 1689 - Relief of Derry, Ireland, a major Williamite victory - Read More
• August 12, 1652 - Act of Settlement 1652, also known as the To Hell or Connacht Act - Read More
• August 12, 1646 - Archbishop Giovanni Rinuccini, condemns their adherence to Ormonds peace terms - Read More
• August 12, 1332 - Battle of Dupplin near Perth in which Edward Balliol defeated the Regent, Earl of Mar. - Read More
• August 11, 1927 - After the Free State general election on June 09, de Valera and Fianna Fáil enter the Dáil as the largest opposition party - Read More
• August 11, 1927 - The Electricity Supply Board (ESB) is established to control the Shannon hydro-electric scheme and take over all existing projects for the electrification of Ireland - Read More
• August 11, 1894 - Dan Breen, nationalist revolutionary and politician, is born near Soloheadbeg, Co. Tipperary - Read More
• August 11, 1892 - Author and poet C M Grieve (Hugh MacDiarmid) born at Langholm, Dumfriesshire. - Read More
• August 11, 1835 - Henry Grattan Guinness, is born in Dún Laoghaire, Co. Dublin - Read More
• August 11, 1691 - A Jacobite force under Patrick Sarsfield, guided by Galloping Hogan, destroys a Williamite siege train at Ballyneety, hampering the siege of Limerick - Read More
• August 11, 1560 - Latin Mass prohibited in Scotland by Parliament as Protestant faith gained the ascendancy. - Read More
• August 11, 1306 - Battle of Dalry, Robert I, attacked and defeated John MacDougall of Lorne, kinsman of John Comyn. - Read More
• August 10, 1928 - Peter Barry, Fine Gael politician, is born in Co. Cork - Read More
• August 10, 1920 - Death of actor James O’Neill, in Kilkenny. - Read More
• August 10, 1890 - Death of journalist and republican John Boyle O’Reilly - Read More
• August 10, 1886 - Death of Joseph Medlicott Scriven from Seapatrick, Co. Down, who wrote the words for What A Friend We Have In Jesus - Read More
• August 10, 1872 - Education (Scotland) Act passed, providing elementary education for all children. - Read More
• August 10, 1857 - Death of John Wilson Croker, Galway-born politician and writer - Read More
• August 10, 1854 - A statutory provision is made for the establishment of a national gallery of paintings, sculpture and fine arts in Ireland - Read More
• August 10, 1848 - Birth in Clonakilty of William Hartnett, master of still life painting - Read More
• August 10, 1719 - The House of Commons proposes that all unregistered priests in Ireland should be branded on the cheek. The plan is ultimately abandoned. - Read More
• August 10, 1636 - The Annals of the Four Masters is completed - Read More
• August 10, 1624 - Death of Esther Inglis, calligrapher and miniaturist. - Read More
• August 10, 1460 - King James III crowned at Kelso Abbey. - Read More
• August 10, 1316 - Battle of Athenry, Irish rising in support of Edward Bruce - Read More
• August 09, 1971 - Indefinite Internment Without Trial or Charge instituted by England in six counties of Northern Ireland. - Read More
• August 09, 1850 - Irish Tenant League is founded - Read More
• August 09, 1757 - Civil engineer Thomas Telford born. - Read More
• August 09, 1690 - First siege of Limerick begins - Read More