Today on Celtic History on

November 25th

Total Events: 8

Tue 25 Nov 1913

Official founding date of the Provisional Committee of the Irish Volunteers

Sun 25 Nov 1906

Saidie Paterson, trade unionist and peace activist, born in Belfast

Fri 25 Nov 1853

John Gibson Lockhart, biographer and critic, editor Blackwoods magazine, died

Wed 25 Nov 1835

Andrew Carnegie, Steel magnate and philanthropist, born in Dunfermline Scotland

Thu 25 Nov 1784

James Napper Tandy leading radicals asks for Parliamentary reform for Ireland

Sun 25 Nov 1764

Birth of Henry Sirr, Dublin town head of police

Sat 25 Nov 1713

The second Irish parliament of Queen Anne sits from this date to 24 December

Tue 25 Nov 1681

General Tam Dalyell raises a regiment to suppress Covenanters which later became the Royal Scots Greys