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September 29
Today in Celtic history
Charles of Blois dies in the Battle of Auray
Rory O'Donnell kisses the kings hand and is created Earl of Tyrconnell
Charter granted to Sir William Alexander of Menstrie to colonize the Baronetcy of Nova Scotia.
Count Peter Lacy, soldier, governor of Livonia (Latvia) and field-marshal in the Russian army, is born in Killeedy, Co. Limerick
Sir Henry Cavendish, politician and master of shorthand, who recorded parliamentary debates, born
Birth in Dublin of Catherine McAuley, founder of the Sisters of Mercy
Tandy and other Irish political prisoners in Hamburg are handed over to British authorities
Charles Cornwallis Chesney, professor of military history, is born in Kilkeel, Co. Down
Michael Mulhall, publisher and statistician, is born in Dublin
Birth in Kinvara, Co. Galway of Francis Arthur Fahy who wrote the song, Galway Bay
Fenian Thomas Clarke is released from Portland Prison
Francis Llewellyn Harrison, musicologist, is born in Dublin
Birth of film star Greer Garson in Co. Down
The last active Fenian, John Devoy, dies
George Bernard Shaw refuses a peerage
John Cobb killed when his boat crashed while attemptting a world water-speed record on Loch Ness
Stone of Destiny, which Scottish kings had been crowned, returned to Scotland
Coming anniversaries
This week in Celtic history
Wednesday
September 30
September 30, 1294
Revolt of Madog ap Llywelyn, Caernarfon Castle taken by Welsh rebels.
September 30, 1430
A great council meets at Dublin on on this date
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
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