Celtic history archive
Browse all events for September 24.
1332
Ireland
Edward Balliol, son of John Balliol, is crowned King of Scots at Scone in 1332 with English support, amid the ongoing struggle for the Scottish crown. His reign, however, is marked …
1661
Ireland
Faithful Tadpole is admitted as a clerical vicar choral of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin. This September 24, 1661 entry records a moment in Celtic history connected with Ireland. …
1725
Ireland
Sir Arthur Guinness is born in Celbridge, Co. Kildare. This September 24, 1725 entry records a moment in Celtic history connected with Ireland.
1786
Ireland
Birth of Charles Bianconi, Irish passenger-car entrepreneur. This September 24, 1786 entry records a moment in Celtic history connected with Ireland.
1798
Ireland
United Irishman, Bartholomew Teeling, is hanged in Dublin. This September 24, 1798 entry records a moment in Celtic history connected with Ireland.
1801
Ireland
James Moore ODonell, former MP for Ratoath, is killed in a duel with Major Denis Bingham in a feud over Co. Mayo politics. This September 24, 1801 entry records a moment in Celtic …
1880
Ireland
Refusing to work for offending landlords, farmers demonstrated their united power in Mayo against Captain Boycott in 1880. The Prime Minister, W E Gladstone, drafted a Land Act in …
1880
Ireland
Captain Charles Boycott, the land agent for Lord Erne in County Mayo, became the unwilling namesake of a new form of peaceful protest — “boycotting” — during the Irish Land War in …
1962
Ireland
Birth of Scotland international footballer and later TV personality Ally McCoist. This September 24, 1962 entry records a moment in Celtic history connected with Ireland.