Today on Celtic History on

March 10th

Total Events: 9

Sat 10 Mar 1945

Donal Lunny, founder of Planxty, Bothy Band, and Moving Hearts, born

Thu 10 Mar 1932

IRA prisoners in the Free State are released

Sat 10 Mar 1894

Ireland collects its first ever Triple Crown, defeating Wales in Belfast

Sat 10 Mar 1883

Pádraig Ó Siochfhradha, writer is born in Dingle, Co. Kerry

Sat 10 Mar 1810

Sir Samuel Ferguson, Celtic scholar, born

Sun 10 Mar 1748

John Playfair, clergyman, geologist, mathematician, born.

Tue 10 Mar 1615

St. John Ogilvie, a Jesuit priest, was hanged for refusing to renounce the supremacy of the Pope

Sun 10 Mar 1478

John De La Pole, the Duke of Suffolk, is appointed lieutenant of Ireland

Mon 10 Mar 0560

St Kessog Day, the patron saint of Scotland