Celtic history archive
Browse all events for November 26.
1624
Ireland
John Stearne or Sterne (1624–1669) was an Irish academic, and first president of the College of Physicians in Dublin. John was born on November 25, 1624 at Ardbraccan, the …
1836
Scotland
John Loudon McAdam (23 September 1756 – 26 November 1836) was a Scottish civil engineer and road-builder. McAdam was born in Ayr, Scotland. He was the youngest of ten children and …
1852
Ireland
Coffey was born in 1780. According to some sources he was born in Ireland most likely in Co. Dublin or Co. Wicklow. Some references refer to his birth in Calais, France, in 1780 to …
1873
Ireland
Osborn Joseph Bergin (26 November 1873 – 6 October 1950) was a scholar of the Irish language and early Irish literature, who discovered Bergin’s Law. He was born on November …
1885
Ireland
Thomas Andrews, FRS FRSE, was an Irish chemist and physicist, was born on December 19, 1813, in Belfast, Ireland. He is best known for his work on the properties of gases and …
1926
Ireland
Dr Karl Daniel Mullen (26 November 1926 – 27 April 2009) was an Irish rugby union player and consultant gynaecologist who captained the Irish rugby team and captained the British …
1955
Ireland
Saor Uladh ( Irish for “Free Ulster”) was a short-lived Irish republican paramilitary organisation in Northern Ireland in the 1950s Seen as a splinter group of the …
1972
Ireland
RTÉ reporter Kevin O’Kelly had reported, not broadcast, his taped interview with Mac Stiofáin. He was jailed briefly for contempt in a court case arising out of the interview …