Today on Celtic History on

November 23rd

Total Events: 12

Wed 23 Nov 1927

Birth of journalist and BBC political editor, John Cole

Sun 23 Nov 1913

Irish Citizen Army is formed

Thu 23 Nov 1876

Sir Richard Dawson Bates, unionist politician and minister in Northern Ireland is born in Belfast

Sat 23 Nov 1867

Manchester Martyrs, 3 Fenians are executed - Michael Larkin, William Philip Allen, and Michael O'Brien

Thu 23 Nov 1865

Herbert Trench, poet, dramatist and theatre producer, in Avonmore, Co. Cork, is born

Tue 23 Nov 1847

Historian Walter Biggar Blaikie born.

Sun 23 Nov 1845

Charlotte Grace O'Brien, social reformer who campaigned against conditions on emigrant ships, is born

Tue 23 Nov 1841

Richard Croker, Boss of Tammany Hall, NY, born in Cork

Fri 23 Nov 1810

Margaret Aylward, founder of the Sisters of the Holy Faith, born in Waterford

Thu 23 Nov 1719

Spranger Barry, actor, is born in Dublin

Thu 23 Nov 1702

Birth of Sir Richard Cox, politician and pamphleteer

Sun 23 Nov 1332

Edward Balliol formally acknowledged King Edward III of England as his feudal superior