Celtic history archive
1772
Ireland
Robert Stevenson, engineer, who constructed, 18 lighthouses around Scotland, born Glasgow. This June 8, 1772 entry records a moment in Celtic history connected with Ireland.
1772
Ireland
An Act of Parliament allows Catholics to lease bogland. This June 2, 1772 entry records a moment in Celtic history connected with Ireland.
1772
Ireland
General William Lawless (20 April 1772 – 25 December 1824) was a Dublin-born surgeon and important member of the Society of the United Irishmen, a revolutionary republican …
1772
Ireland
The Hearts of Steel, or Steelboys, was an exclusively Protestant movement originating in 1769 in County Antrim, Ireland due to grievances about the sharp rise of rents and …
1772
Ireland
Thomas Eyre, MP for Fore, dies in the House of Commonsn suddenly taken with an apoplectic fit. This February 22, 1772 entry records a moment in Celtic history connected with …
1773
Ireland
Lord John George de la Poer Beresford PC (Ire) (22 November 1773 – 18 July 1862) was an Anglican archbishop and Primate. Lord John George de la Poer Beresford, born on November 22, …
1773
Ireland
Birth of Francis Jeffrey, first editor of the Edinburgh Review. This October 23, 1773 entry records a moment in Celtic history connected with Ireland.
1773
Ireland
The Hector leaves Loch Broom, near Ullapool, to sail to Pictou, Nova Scotia, carrying emigrants escaping from the Clearances. This September 15, 1773 entry records a moment in …
1773
Ireland
Art Ó Laoghaire, is killed by soldiers near Millstreet, Co. Cork. This May 4, 1773 entry records a moment in Celtic history connected with Ireland.
1773
Ireland
Thomas Burton (former MP for Ennis) met with the melancholy accident of being overturned in his chaise, by which he was killed on the spot. This May 4, 1773 entry records a moment …
1773
Ireland
She Stoops to Conquer is a comedy by Oliver Goldsmith, first performed in London in 1773. The play is a favourite for study by English literature and theatre classes in the …
1774
Ireland
John Howard Kyan (27 November 1774 – 5 January 1850) was the inventor of the ‘kyanising’ process for preserving wood, was born on November 27, 1774, in Dublin, Ireland. …