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Celtic History

On this day in Celtic history

January 25

On this day

January 25, 1327

King Edward III Accedes to British Throne

January 25, 1356

The 1st Earl of Desmond Dies; Kildare Is His Replacement as Justiciar

January 25, 1627

Robert Boyle, Physicist, Chemist and Alchemist, Is Born in Lismore, Co. Waterford

January 25, 1759

Robert Burns - Scottish Poet - Born.

January 25, 1777

John Hobart, the Earl of Buckinghamshire, Is Sworn in as Lord Lieutenant

January 25, 1806

Daniel Maclise, Painter, Born in Co. Cork

January 25, 1817

First Edition of the Edinburgh-Based Scotsman Newspaper, Published

January 25, 1831

Edmund Hogan, Jesuit and Scholar, Is Born in Cork

January 25, 1924

Tomás Mac Giolla, Republican and Socialist, and Later, Workers Party Leader, Is Born Near Nenagh, Co. Tipperary