Today on Celtic History on

November 13th

Total Events: 9

Sun 13 Nov 1977

Start of firemens strike which lasted for two months; cover was provided by the army with their out of date green goddess fire engines.

Wed 13 Nov 1968

Joe Corrie, author died in Edinburgh

Mon 13 Nov 1939

The first bombs in WW2 dropped on British soil was in the Shetland Islands

Tue 13 Nov 1923

Leonard Boyle, priest and palaeographer, is born in Ballintra, County Donegal

Wed 13 Nov 1850

Novelist and poet Robert Louis Stevenson born Edinburgh

Wed 13 Nov 1715

Battle of Sheriffmuir

Wed 13 Nov 1647

Battle of Cnoc na nOs Alasdair MacColla Scottish military leaderdies fighting on Irish side against Cromwells Troops

Fri 13 Nov 1643

Charles I appoints James Butler, 1st Marquess of Ormond as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland

Mon 13 Nov 1093

King Malcolm III (Canmore), last of the Celtic kings was killed at the Battle of Alnwick