Celtic history archive
Browse all events for March 29.
1613
Ireland
Derry is an ancient settlement. Its name is believed to be derived from the Gaelic word doire meaning a grove of oak trees. Derry, the city, is the county town of Co. Derry and is …
1783
Scotland
The Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) is Scotland’s national academy of science and letters. It is a registered charity that operates on a wholly independent and non-partisan …
1793
Ireland
Charlotte Brooke (c. 1740 – 1793), born in Rantavan, beside Mullagh in County Cavan, Ireland, was the author of Reliques of Irish Poetry, a pioneering volume of poems collected by …
1859
Ireland
The Irish Times is an Irish daily broadsheet newspaper and online digital publication. It was launched on 29 March 1859. The editor is Ruadhán Mac Cormaic. It is published every …
1873
Ireland
Máiréad “Peig” Sayers (29 March 1873 – 8 December 1958) was an Irish author and seanchaí born in Dún Chaoin, County Kerry, Ireland. Seán Ó Súilleabháin, the former …
1901
Ireland
James Stephens (26 January 1825 – 29 March 1901) was an Irish Republican, and the founding member of an originally unnamed revolutionary organisation in Dublin. This organisation, …
1913
Ireland
Patrick Niall MacGinnis (29 March 1913 – 6 January 1977) was an Irish actor who made around 80 screen appearances. MacGinnis was born in Dublin in 1913. He was educated at …
1915
Scotland
George Chisholm OBE (29 March 1915 – 6 December 1997) was a Scottish jazz trombonist and vocalist. In the late 1930s he moved to London, where he played in dance bands led by Bert …
1924
Ireland
Sir Charles Villiers Stanford (30 September 1852 – 29 March 1924) was an Anglo-Irish composer, music teacher, and conductor of the late Romantic era. Born to a well-off and highly …
1932
Ireland
Richard Burke (29 March 1932 – 15 March 2016) was an Irish Fine Gael politician who served as European Commissioner for Interinstitutional Relations and Administration from 1982 to …