January 15

Learn about The History of the Celtic People

Neil M. Gunn, author, died -

Dave MacAuley, boxer, born -

IRA Army Council declare war on England -

Sinn Féin takes control of most borough and urban councils in local elections -

Terence MacManus, the Young Irelander, dies in San Francisco -

Eleanor Hull, Irish Celtic Scholar is born -

Patrick Robert Guiney, soldier and politician, born in Parkstown, Co. Tipperary -

Last session of the Irish Parliament begins -

Thomas Crofton Croker, antiquarian and folklorist, is born in Cork -

Thomas Dermody, classical scholar and poet is born -