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October 3
Today in Celtic history
Treaty of Berwick, Freeing David II From Imprisonment by the English.
Battle of Glenlivet, George Gordon, Earl of Huntly, Defeated a Royalist Force Under, 7th Earl of Argyll.
Treaty of Limerick Is Signed by Ginkel and Sarsfield, Ending the Williamite War in Ireland
Last Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh Before the Union With Westminster.
James McLaine, Gentleman Highwayman Born in Monaghan, Is Hanged at Tyburn
Gen. John O'Neill and a Small Force of Fenians Invade Canada at Pembina, Manitoba
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Sunday
October 4
October 4, 1693
Irish Brigade of France Fights in the Battle of Marsaglia
Monday
October 5
October 5, 1283
Battle of the Largs
Tuesday
October 6
Wednesday
October 7
Thursday
October 8
October 8, 1822
Birth in Dublin of Richard Dalton Williams.
Friday
October 9
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