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September 30
Today in Celtic history
A great council meets at Dublin on on this date
The English poet Edmund Spenser is appointed Sheriff of Cork
The first recorded meeting of the Presbyterian general synod of Ulster is held at Antrim
Birth in Orkney of John Rae, explorer and surveyor of Canadas northern coastline.
Sir Charles Stanford, composer, is born in Dublin
Arthur Griffith forms Cumann na nGaedheal, which later becomes Sinn Féin
Announcement of the discovery of penicillin by Ayrshire-born Sir Alexander Fleming.
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Thursday
October 1
Friday
October 2
October 2, 1600
ONeill engages Mountjoys forces in the Battle of Moyry Pass
Saturday
October 3
Sunday
October 4
October 4, 1693
Irish Brigade of France fights in the battle of Marsaglia
Monday
October 5
October 5, 1283
Battle of the Largs
Tuesday
October 6
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