February 24

Learn about The History of the Celtic People

Footballer Denis Law who played for Manchester United and Scotland, born -

Steam train, the Flying Scotsman went into service with London -

George Moore, novelist, playwright and critic, is born in Ballyglass, Co. Mayo -

Paul Cullen is consecrated Catholic archbishop of Armagh and primate of Ireland -

John Philip Holland, inventor and developer of the modern submarine, born in Co. Clare -

Samuel Lover, Dublin writer, artist, musician and songwriter, born -

A British Act opens colonial trade to Irish goods -

Pope Gregory XIII announces the new Gregorian calendar, replacing the Julian calendar -

Nearly 30,000 English soldiers annihilated after Invasion of Scotland in the 1303 Battle of Roslin -