Today on Celtic History on

May 21st

Total Events: 7

Sat 21 May 1983

TSB Bank Scotland (now Lloyds TSB Scotland) formed

Fri 21 May 1920

James Plunkett, pseudonym of James Plunkett Kelly; novelist, is born in Dublin

Mon 21 May 1917

Dennis Day, of Irish parents, is born in New York, NY

Sun 21 May 1916

Clocks and watches go forward one hour as the Daylight Saving Act (Summer Time) is introduced

Fri 21 May 1745

Count Daniel O'Connell, a soldier in French and British services, is born in Derrynane, Co. Kerry

Sat 21 May 1650

James Graham, (Montrose), Scottish royalist commander, executed by Cromwellian government

Sat 21 May 1639

Lord Deputy Thomas Wentworth imposes the Black Oath of loyalty to Charles I on all Ulster Scots over the age of 16