Celtic history archive
Browse all events for March 30.
1406
Scotland
James I (late July 1394 – 21 February 1437) was King of Scots from 1406 until his assassination in 1437. The youngest of three sons, he was born in Dunfermline Abbey to King Robert …
1493
Ireland
Gerald FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Kildare KG (born c. 1456 – c. 3 September 1513), known variously as “Garret the Great” (Gearóid Mór) or “The Great Earl” (An …
1603
Ireland
Hugh O’Neill (c. 1550 – 20 July 1616) was an Irish Gaelic lord, Earl of Tyrone (known as the Great Earl) and was later created The Ó Néill Mór, Chief of the Name. …
1798
Ireland
The Irish Rebellion of 1798 was a popular insurrection against the British Crown in what was then the separate, but subordinate, Kingdom of Ireland. The main organising force was …
1824
Ireland
Thomas Devin Reilly (30 March 1824 – 5 March 1854) was an Irish revolutionary, Young Irelander and journalist. Thomas Devin Reilly was born in Monaghan Town on 30 March 1824, the …
1850
Ireland
RMS Royal Adelaide was a paddle steamship owned and operated by the City of Dublin Steam Packet Company. Its principal route ran between London and Cork. The Royal Adelaide, …
1851
Ireland
The census records show that a significant number of the population in Ireland was reduced from 8,414,836 in 1841 to 5,344,293 in 1851. A 1851 census shows the population of …
1880
Ireland
Seán O’Casey born John Casey; 30 March 1880 – 18 September 1964) was an Irish dramatist and memoirist. A committed socialist, he was the first Irish playwright of note to …
1896
Ireland
John Mary Pius Boland (16 September 1870 – 17 March 1958) was an Irish Nationalist politician, and Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great …
1920
Ireland
White, William John (‘Jack’) (1920–80), broadcaster, editor, journalist, and novelist, was born 30 March 1920 in Cork, second child of William Luke White, accountant, and Mary …
1922
Ireland
The prime minister of Northern Ireland, Sir James Craig, and the provisional prime minister of Southern Ireland, Michael Collins, met in London to agree terms to end the violence …
1950
Scotland
Anthony Robert McMillan OBE (30 March 1950 – 14 October 2022), known professionally as Robbie Coltrane, was a Scottish actor and comedian. He gained worldwide recognition in the …