Today on Celtic History on

August 26th

Mon 26 Aug 1940

German aircraft bomb a creamery at Campile, Co. Wexford; three women are killed

Fri 26 Aug 1921

Re-election of Éamon de Valera President of Dáil Éireann. He is proposed and seconded by Commandant Sean MacEoin and General Richard Mulcahy — both of whom later line up against him in the Civil War

Tue 26 Aug 1913

Also known as The Great Dublin Lockout, the Dublin Transport Strike, led by Jim Larkin and James Connolly, begins

Fri 26 Aug 1904

Lord Dunraven forms the Irish Reform Association to campaign for some devolution; the following December, unionists form a United Unionist Council to resist Dunravens plan

Thu 26 Aug 1875

John Buchan, Novelist and statesman, born in Perth.

Sun 26 Aug 1798

Humber leaves Ballina bound for Castlebar. He takes an indirect route through the mountains

Sun 26 Aug 1725

Five Dublin children receive the first recorded smallpox innoculations in Ireland

Sat 26 Aug 1651

Manx invasion of England turned back at Battle of Wigan.