Today on Celtic History on

August 16th

Total Events: 10

Tue 16 Aug 1921

The first Dáil Éireann is dissolved and the second Dáil convenes

Mon 16 Aug 1920

Court-martial of Terence MacSwiney, Irish Volunteer and Lord Mayor of Cork

Tue 16 Aug 1892

National Literary Society is founded

Wed 16 Aug 1882

Charles Stewart Parnell becomes a Freeman of the city of Dublin

Sat 16 Aug 1879

National Land League of Mayo is founded

Fri 16 Aug 1878

The Intermediate Education Act grants female students the right to participate in public examinations and to enter into careers and professions

Thu 16 Aug 1832

An Act is passed which allows for tithe payments to be commuted

Fri 16 Aug 1793

The Convention Act bans representative bodies set up to campaign for a change in the law, i.e. putative rivals to the parliament

Sat 16 Aug 1766

Birth of Carolina Oliphant (Lady Nairne), poet and author of many Jacobite songs, including Charlie is my Darling. Her songs are second only in popularity to Burns.

Tue 16 Aug 1532

Treaty of Union between Brittany and France, guaranteeing autonomy for Brittany.