Today on Celtic History on

January 17th

Fri 17 Jan 1873

T.C. Murray, playwright, born

Wed 17 Jan 1866

George Petrie, folk music collector, dies

Thu 17 Jan 1861

Lola Montez, Irish dancer and courtesan dies in New York

Tue 17 Jan 1860

Douglas Hyde, Irish playwright, born

Thu 17 Jan 1856

Joseph Haydn, Irish journalist, author of Dictionary of Dates, dies

Mon 17 Jan 1746

Last Jacobite victory at the Battle of Falkirk

Sun 17 Jan 1649

Marquis of Ormond James Butler negotiated a peace treaty