Celtic history archive
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1457
Ireland
The first known ban was issued by the Scottish Parliament under King James II of Scotland in 1457. The Act of Parliament declared that golf (and football) should be “utterly …
1725
Scotland
Henry Benedict Maria Clement Thomas Francis Xavier Stuart (March 11, 1725 – July 13, 1807), born in Rome, Italy, was the second son of James Francis Edward Stuart, the Old …
1791
Ireland
John MacHale (6 March 1791) – 7 November 1881) was the Irish Roman Catholic Archbishop of Tuam, and Irish nationalist. John MacHale was born in Tubbernavine, near Lahardane, County …
1831
Ireland
Philip Henry Sheridan (March 6, 1831 – August 5, 1888) was a career United States Army officer and a Union general in the American Civil War. Sheridan was born in Albany, New York, …
1861
Ireland
Patrick Joseph McCall (6 March 1861 – 8 March 1919) was an Irish songwriter and poet, known mostly as the author of lyrics for popular ballads. He was assisted in putting the …
1918
Ireland
John Edward Redmond (1 September 1856 – 6 March 1918) was an Irish nationalist politician, barrister, and MP in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. He was best known as …
1923
Scotland
BBC Scotland (also referred to as the BBC Scotland channel) is a Scottish free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC Scotland division of the …