Today on Celtic History on

January 27th

Mon 27 Jan 1975

Mother Mary Martin, founder of the Medical Missionaries of Mary, dies in Drogheda

Thu 27 Jan 1944

Mairead Corrigan-Maguire, founder of NI Peace Movement, born

Wed 27 Jan 1926

First public demonstration of TV by John Logie Baird

Tue 27 Jan 1885

Charles Stewart Parnell turns the first sod for the West Clare Railway

Mon 27 Jan 1783

Glasgow Herald newspaper first published

Fri 27 Jan 1550

Sir Humphrey Arundell, leader of the Cornish Prayer Book Rebellion, executed