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Bagpiper John Wilson dies, Willowdale, Ontario
Bagpiper John Wilson dies, Willowdale, Ontario John Wilson, Scottish born who emigrated to Toronto, Canada in the late 1940s at the prompting of George R. Duncan. …

The Gaelic League announces expulsion for anyone who attends foreign jazz dances
The Gaelic League announces expulsion for anyone who attends foreign jazz dances 1929 The Gaelic League bans ‘foreign dances’ and the ‘Down with Jazz’ campaign begins. We are a nation given to bans and boycotts. The latter expression, famously, has its origins in the Land War of the early 1880s. …

Celtic Football Club formally constituted in Calton, Glasgow
Celtic Football Club formally constituted in Calton, Glasgow The Celtic Football Club was formally constituted in Calton, Glasgow, with the primary goal of alleviating poverty in the East End parishes of Glasgow. …

Birth at sea of Edward McLysaght, genealogist and writer
Birth at sea of Edward McLysaght, genealogist and writer Edgeworth Lysaght, later Edward Anthony Edgeworth Lysaght, and from 1920 Edward MacLysaght (Irish: Éamonn Mac Giolla Iasachta; 6 November 1887 – 4 March 1986), was a genealogist of twentieth-century Ireland. …

Owen Roe ONeill - Catholic military leader against Cromwell - dies
Owen Roe ONeill - Catholic military leader against Cromwell - dies Charles Graves was a notable Irish mathematician, academic, and clergyman. …

Founding of the Irish College in Rome.
Founding of the Irish College in Rome. Among its former students was St Oliver Plunkett, who attended in the late 17th century …

Invading English army destroyed by Llywelen II at Battle of Moel-y-don
Invading English army destroyed by Llywelen II at Battle of Moel-y-don Llywelyn ap Gruffudd (c. 1223 – 11 December 1282), sometimes written as Llywelyn ap Gruffydd, also known as Llywelyn the Last was the native Prince of Wales from 1258 until his death at Cilmeri on December 11, 1282. …