Celtic history archive
1916
Ireland
Irish patriot and a leader of the 1916 Easter Uprising, John MacBride, is executed by firing squad in Kilmainham Gaol. This May 5, 1916 entry records a moment in Celtic history …
1916
Ireland
Edward Daly, Michael OHanrahan, William Pearse & Joseph Mary Plunkett are executed by firing squad in Kilmainham jail. This May 4, 1916 entry records a moment in Celtic history …
1916
Ireland
Patrick Pearse, Thomas Clarke and Thomas MacDonagh executed by firing squad in Kilmainham jail. This May 3, 1916 entry records a moment in Celtic history connected with Ireland.
1916
Ireland
Francis Sheehy-Skeffington — writer, suffragist, pacifist, and Irish patriot — is arrested by British forces while trying to prevent looting during the Easter Rising in Dublin. …
1916
Ireland
The Easter Rising (Irish: Éirí Amach na Cásca) was a rebellion staged in Ireland against British rule on Easter Monday in April 1916. Despite its military failure, it can be judged …
1916
Ireland
The merchant ship Aud leaves Germany for Ireland with arms for the Irish Republican Brotherhood. This April 9, 1916 entry records a moment in Celtic history connected with Ireland. …
1916
Ireland
The Irish Volunteers, also known as the Irish Volunteer Force or the Irish Volunteer Army, was a paramilitary organisation established in 1913 by nationalists and republicans in …
1916
Ireland
The 1916 convention, comprising 2,300 delegates at the Hotel Astor, was held six weeks before the Easter Rising, and considered the division between the Home Rule parties and the …
1916
Ireland
The secret negotiations between the Irish Citizen Army (ICA) and the Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB) in 1916 were a significant development in the lead-up to the Easter Rising, …
1917
Ireland
The 16th (Irish) Division was a formation of the British Army composed predominantly of Irish nationalist volunteers. It saw action on the Western Front, including notable …
1917
Ireland
Birth of Conor Cruise OBrien, diplomat, political commentator and writer. This November 3, 1917 entry records a moment in Celtic history connected with Ireland.
1917
Ireland
Born into a farming family in Dreghorn in Ayrshire, John Boyd Dunlop was a veterinary surgeon by profession, having qualified at Edinburgh Veterinary College (now part of Edinburgh …