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October in Celtic History

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Samhain and Celtic Traditions

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October in Ireland

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October by country

Ireland

October 1, 1930Richard Harris, Born October 1, 1930Actor Richard Harris Is Born in Limerick October 1, 1911Statue of Charles Stewart Parnell Is Unveiled in Dublin

Scotland

October 1, 1763Contract to Construct the North Bridge, Edinburgh, Signed.October 1, 1568The Bannatyne Manuscript, Published by George Bannatyne, an Edinburgh Merchant.October 1, 1263Invasion of Scotland by Hakon King of Norway Attacked on Beaches by Gathering Scottish Forces Beginning the Battle of the Largs.

England

October 3, 1283Prince Dafydd III Last Native Prince of Wales Executed by the English October 4, 1754William Bligh, Cornish Man, Mutiny on the Bounty Fame Was Born.October 14, 1633Birth at St James Palace, London of King James VII, Second Son of King Charles I and Brother of King Charles II.

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October history

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October 1, 1930

Richard Harris, Born

October 1, 1930

Actor Richard Harris Is Born in Limerick

October 1, 1911

Statue of Charles Stewart Parnell Is Unveiled in Dublin

October 1, 1796

The Royal College of St. Patrick. a Catholic Seminary, Is Opened in Maynooth, Co. Kildare

October 1, 1763

Contract to Construct the North Bridge, Edinburgh, Signed.

October 1, 1761

The Whiteboys, a Violent Agrarian Protest Movement, Begins in Tipperary and Spreads Through Munster and West Leinster

October 1, 1600

Robert Grave, Church of Ireland Bishop of Ferns and Leighlin, and His Family Drown in Dublin Bay on Their Way Home to Wexford by Sea

October 1, 1568

The Bannatyne Manuscript, Published by George Bannatyne, an Edinburgh Merchant.

October 1, 1263

Invasion of Scotland by Hakon King of Norway Attacked on Beaches by Gathering Scottish Forces Beginning the Battle of the Largs.

October 2, 1947

The New Paddle Steamer Waverley Was Launched From A. & J. Ingliss Yard on the Clyde

October 2, 1931

Death of Sir Thomas Lipton, Grocer, Tea Merchant and Contestant for the Americas Cup.

October 2, 1900