Feast of goddess Brigit, also known as Imbolc, Candlemasm, Groundhogs Day, Celtic fertility day
February 1, 2000
Tanks and army patrol the streets of Glasgow after Bloody Friday
February 1, 1919
Muriel Spark, author, born
February 1, 1918
Thomas MacDonagh, patriot, poet, critic and scholar, is born in Cloughjordan, Co. Tipperary
February 1, 1878
Highland Railway formed from the Inverness-Perth Junction & Inverness-Aberdeen-Junction Railways
February 1, 1865
Theobald Wolf Tone, arrives in France seeking assistance
February 1, 1796
Edward the Bruce of Scotland and his Irish allies win the battle of Skerries in Kildare
February 1, 1315
John de Courcy invades Ulster and seizes Down
February 1, 1177