Today on Celtic History on

June 4th

Sat 04 Jun 1977

Damage estimated to cost £15,000 caused by fans who dug up the pitch at Wembley after Scotland defeated England, 2-1.

Tue 04 Jun 1940

Evacuation of Dunkirk (which began on May 27) was completed., 338,226 soldiers were brought back to the UK by the little ships.

Tue 04 Jun 1940

Winston Churchill made his speech to the nation saying - We shall defend our island whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets. We shall fight in the hill

Fri 04 Jun 1909

Charlotte Grace OBrien, Irish social reformer dies

Fri 04 Jun 1909

Robert Dudley Edwards, historian, is born in Dublin

Fri 04 Jun 1886

Months of serious rioting begin in Belfast on this date

Sat 04 Jun 1864

Neilí Ni Bhriain, Irish Gaelic League activist, is born

Wed 04 Jun 1862

Bob Fitzsimmons, Cornish boxer, worlds middleweight champion 1891- worlds heavyweight champion 1897- born.

Mon 04 Jun 1832

Great Reform Bill, which disenfranchised rotten burghs, came into force.

Sun 04 Jun 1820

Henry Grattan, the moving force behind the Irish Parliament at College Green before it was dissolved by the Act of Union, dies and is buried - against his wishes - in Westminster Abbey

Thu 04 Jun 1818

First recorded inter-club golf match between Edinburgh Burgess Golfing Society and Bruntsfield Links Golf Club.

Mon 04 Jun 1798

In Co. Wexford, Government troops march south out of Gorey. Rebels from Carrigrew move north, they attack and defeat Government forces at Tubberneering. Government forces withdraw north. Rebels occupy Gorey

Mon 04 Jun 1798

Lord Edward Fitzgerald dies at Newgate prison from wounds sustained in the course of his arrest

Mon 04 Jun 1731

Allegedly, the date when the robbery of the Golden Lyons cargo takes place at Ballyheige Co. Kerry. Owned by the Danish East India Company, the ship had become stranded near Ballyheige, Co. Kerry. Its valuable cargo is moved into a house and guarded by t

Fri 04 Jun 1694

The Merchant Maiden Hospital, later known as The Mary Erskine School, was founded by Mary Erskine in the Cowgate, Edinburgh.

Sun 04 Jun 1651

Ireton, Oliver Cromwells son-in-law, lays siege to Limerick city. By October, Limerick is in Iretons hands. Ireton dies of the plague shortly afterwards

Sat 04 Jun 1487

Thomas FitzGerald, Kildares brother, accompanies Simnels army of German mercenaries and some Irishmen to England on this date