Today on Celtic History on

August 29th

Fri 29 Aug 1975

Eamon DeValera, Irish statesman, died

Fri 29 Aug 1930

Island of St Kilda evacuated.

Fri 29 Aug 1890

The Science and Art Museum and The National Library of Ireland open

Tue 29 Aug 1871

Birth of Jack B. Yeats, painter and author, in London

Thu 29 Aug 1844

Death of Edmund Ignatius Rice, founder of the Irish Christian Brothers Order

Mon 29 Aug 1803

Samuel Neilson, co-founder of the United Irishmen, dies

Wed 29 Aug 1798

Cornwallis reaches Tuam

Tue 29 Aug 1797

Battle of Tranent in which a demonstration against conscription under the Militia Act was broken up by the Cinque Ports Dragoons and East Lothian Yeomanry with the death of, 12 participants.

Mon 29 Aug 1729

Birth of David La Touche, banking magnate and MP