Today on Celtic History on

January 16th

Total Events: 10

Tue 16 Jan 1945

52nd Highland Light Infantry and 1st Commando Brigade cross from Holland

Wed 16 Jan 1935

Gobnaitt NiBhruadair (Albinia Broderick), Irish republican activist, dies

Mon 16 Jan 1922

Michael Collins takes over control of Dublin Castle

Mon 16 Jan 1922

Arthur Griffith and his ministers assume seat of government at Dublin Castle

Thu 16 Jan 1913

Home Rule bill passes in the House of Commons

Sat 16 Jan 1904

Michael Davitt condemms attacks on Jews in Limerick

Wed 16 Jan 1822

Thomas Clark Luby, co-founder of the Fenian Brotherhood, is born

Tue 16 Jan 1816

Frances Browne, writer, is born in Stranorlar, Co. Donegal

Sun 16 Jan 1707

The Treaty of Union of Scottish and Westminster Parliaments ratified

Sat 16 Jan 1700

Sir Richard Levinge, an Irish MP, committed to the Tower of London