On July 18, 1689 in Celtic History

Mountjoy ship siege of derry

The Mountjoy was a merchant ship used to relieve the Siege of Derry in Ulster in 1689.

The “Mountjoy” that saved starving Scot-Irish of Londonderry, Northern Ireland, in 1689.

Twenty years later, these same people immigrated to Lancaster Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania

Mountjoy Township was named first in 1759, followed by the village of Mountjoy in 1812. Mount Joy was incorporated into a borough in 1851.

It was also the codename for the ship used in the 1914 Larne Gun Running.

Shane Patrick Lysaght MacGowan, lead singer of the Pogues, died

Shane Patrick Lysaght MacGowan is an Irish-English musician and songwriter, best known as the lead singer and songwriter of the punk band The Pogues.

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St Machar Day, patron saint of Aberdeen

Saint Machar is the Diocesan Patron Saint of Aberdeen; the Feast Day being observed on 12th November.

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Oíche Shamhna - Cetlic New Year Eve (Halloween)

In Scotland and Ireland, Halloween is known as Oíche Shamhna, while in Wales it is Nos Calan Gaeaf, the eve of the winters calend, or first. With the rise of Christianity, Samhain…

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ALBAN ELFED (Welsh Bardic name for autumn equinox)

Alban Elued, The Light of the Water, the first day of Autumn, was also called Harvesthome. Observed on September 21, the Autumnal Equinox was the day when the sun again began to…

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St Mirren Day (patron saint of Paisley).

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Feast day of St. James

Guinness St. James Gate Since mediaeval times, Dubliners held an annual drinking festival in the Saint’s honor. Fittingly, Guinness chose St. James’ Gate as the site for their…