Search for a Historical Events ...

Today on Celtic History on

October 6th

Sun 06 Oct 1946

Birth of Gerry Adams

Sat 06 Oct 1928

Death of Galway man Pádraic Ó Conaire, who was among the first writers to develop a new modern literature in the Irish language

Sat 06 Oct 1928

Maeve Kyle, athlete and hockey player, is born in Kilkenny

Tue 06 Oct 1903

Ernest Thomas Sinton Walton is born at Dungarvan, Co. Waterford. He and Sir John Douglas Cockcroft were awarded the 1951 Nobel Prize in Physics for their pioneer work on the transmutation of atomic nuclei by artificially accelerated atomic particles

Sun 06 Oct 1901

Birth of C. S. Todd Andrews, revolutionary and public servant, in Dublin

Tue 06 Oct 1891

Death of Charles Stewart Parnell, champion of tenants rights and co-founder of the Land League; often called the Uncrowned King of Ireland

Sat 06 Oct 1798

Grattan removed from Irish Privy Council, falsely charged with being a sworn member of United Irishmen

Wed 06 Oct 1649

Owen Roe ONeill dies

Thu 06 Oct 1216

The union of the diocese of Glendalough with that of Dublin, having been promulgated by Pope Innocent III last year, is confirmed by Pope Honorius III

Mon 06 Oct 1175

Under the Treaty of Windsor, concluded on this date, Rory OConnor recognizes Henry as his overlord and agrees to collect tribute for him from all parts of Ireland. Henry agrees that OConnor can be king of the areas not conquered by the Normans. But OCo