Today on Celtic History on

January 28th

Tue 28 Jan 1941

The Emergency Powers Act provides for the censorship of press messages to places outside the Free State

Sat 28 Jan 1939

William Butler Yeats, Irish poet, dies

Tue 28 Jan 1908

Jimmy Shand, Scottish country dance band leader, born

Thu 28 Jan 1892

David Mary Tidmarsh , WWI Ace, born in Limerick

Sun 28 Jan 1877

George Fitzmaurice, Irish Renaissance playwright, is born

Tue 28 Jan 1873

Patrick Malley is killed by his son William Malley at Calla

Wed 28 Jan 1852

Louis Brennan, inventor, is born in Castlebar, Co. Mayo

Wed 28 Jan 1829

William Burke, murderer and body snatcher of Burke and Hare fame, executed

Wed 28 Jan 1818

The Iberno-Celtic Society is founded to preserve and publish the best ancient Irish literature

Wed 28 Jan 1807

Sir Robert McClure, polar explorer and discoverer of the North-West Passage, born in Co. Wexford

Sat 28 Jan 1786

By charter, the Irish Academy becomes the Royal Irish Academy

Sun 28 Jan 1742

Clotworthy Skeffington, 2nd Earl of Massereene, is born in Co. Antrim

Sun 28 Jan 1635

The City of London and the Irish Society of London are found guilty of mismanagement and neglect

Thu 28 Jan 1610

The crown and the Irish Society of London, agree to carry out the plantation of Derry, Coleraine and part of Tyrone