Today on Celtic History on

January 15th

Total Events: 11

Mon 15 Jan 1973

Neil M. Gunn, author, died

Sun 15 Jan 1961

Dave MacAuley, boxer, born

Sun 15 Jan 1939

IRA Army Council declare war on England

Thu 15 Jan 1920

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

Tue 15 Jan 1861

Terence MacManus, the Young Irelander, dies in San Francisco

Sun 15 Jan 1860

Eleanor Hull, Irish Celtic Scholar is born

Thu 15 Jan 1835

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

Mon 15 Jan 1821

Thomas Clarke Luby, Fenian, is born in Dublin

Wed 15 Jan 1800

Last session of the Irish Parliament begins

Mon 15 Jan 1798

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

Sun 15 Jan 1775

Thomas Dermody, classical scholar and poet is born