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September 20
Today in Celtic history
Prince Charles Edward Stuart escaped capture by sailing to France aborad the French ship LHeureux.
Sir Richard Griffith, geologist and civil engineer, is born in Dublin
Robert Emmet, Irish patriot executed by England.
Robert Emmet, Irish patriot, is executed in Dublin
Sir James Dewar, inventor of the vacuum flask, born in Kincardine-on-Forth.
Birth in Carron, Co. Clare of Michael Cusack, GAA founder
Anna Catherine Parnell, Irish patriot, dies
Republican newspapers are banned by English
Black and Tans raid Balbriggan, Co. Dublin
Kevin Barry is captured
Construction began on the Forth Road Bridge
Liner Queen Elizabeth II launched at John Browns shipyard at Clydebank.
Paul McCartney, one of the Beatles, was arrested for possession of marijuana at his farm in the Mull of Kintyre, Scotland.
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This week in Celtic history
Monday
September 21
September 21, 1170
MacMurrough and the Normans march on the Norse kingdom of Dublin
September 21, 1327
King Edward II of England died , succeeded by Edward III.
Tuesday
September 22
September 22, 1485
Duke Fransez II sets up a Breton national assembly.
September 22, 1601
Battle of Kinsale
Wednesday
September 23
September 23, 704
Death of St Adamnan, biographer of St Columba.
September 23, 1586
Battle of Ardnaree, Sir Richard Bingham surprises a force of redshanks
Thursday
September 24
September 24, 1332
Edward Balliol, son of John Balliol, crowned at Scone.
Friday
September 25
September 25, 1819
George Salmon, mathematician and professor of divinity, is born in Cork
Saturday
September 26
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