Celtic history archive
Browse all events for December 22.
1691
Ireland
Patrick Sarsfield and The Wild Geese sailing out of Cork Harbour for France is a historical event associated with the Flight of the Wild Geese, which occurred in the late 17th …
1740
Ireland
Joseph Stock, born on December 22, 1740, in Dublin, Ireland, was an Irish Protestant churchman and writer, bishop of Killala and Achonry and afterwards bishop of Waterford and …
1740
Ireland
Nicholas Joseph Callan (22 December 1799 – 10 January 1864) was an Irish Catholic priest and physicist. He was professor of natural philosophy at Maynooth College in County Kildare …
1936
Ireland
James Burke (born 22 December 1936) is a British broadcaster, science historian, author, and television producer. He was one of the main presenters of the BBC1 science series …