Today on Celtic History on

June 5th

Thu 05 Jun 1975

Referendum held on British Membership of the European Community. In Scotland the vote was Yes, 1,332,286; No, 948,039. Turnout was, 61%. Only Shetland and Western Isles had majorities against.

Sun 05 Jun 1932

Birth of Christy Brown, paraplegic painter and writer. His book “Down All the Days” and the film “My Left Foot” are based on his life

Sun 05 Jun 1921

The first sitting of the Northern Ireland Parliament takes place

Sat 05 Jun 1920

Cornelius Ryan, war correspondent and author of The Longest Day, The Last Battle and A Bridge Too Far, is born in Dublin

Mon 05 Jun 1916

Death of Listowel man Lord Kitchener

Mon 05 Jun 1916

HMS Hampshire sank off Orkney after striking a mine. Lord Kitchener, conqueror of Sudan, was drowned.

Mon 05 Jun 1899

Margaret Anne Cusack (Sister Mary Francis Clare), the Nun of Kenmare, dies in Leamington, Warwickshire, England

Sat 05 Jun 1886

Alasdair Mac Cába, pro-Treaty nationalist, politician, and founder of the Educational Building Society, is born in Ballymote, Co. Sligo

Sat 05 Jun 1880

Birth in Dublin of William Thomas Cosgrave, the first President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State

Fri 05 Jun 1868

James Connolly, Irish revolutionary hero, born in Edinburgh - Scotland.

Tue 05 Jan 1819

John Couch Adams FRS (5 June 1819 – 21 January 1892) was a British mathematician and astronomer. Cornish discover of the planet Nep

Tue 05 Jun 1798

Defeat of the rebels at New Ross, Co. Wexford

Tue 05 Jun 1798

The Reverend William Steel Dickson, a Presbyterian minister and United Irishmen supporter is arrested and imprisoned without trial

Fri 05 Jun 1795

An Act provides for the establishment of a Catholic seminary

Sat 05 Jun 1723

Adam Smith, author of The Wealth of Nations born Kirkcaldy.

Wed 05 Jun 1686

Richard Talbot, the Earl of Tyrconnell, appointed Lord Deputy of Ireland, (the first Catholic to hold the position since the Reformation) becomes Commander-in-Chief of the Irish army

Tue 05 Jun 1646

Eoghan Rua ONeill, a superb military strategist, defeats Robert Munro’s Scottish army at Benburb in Co. Tyrone. The victory is celebrated by Pope Innocent X with a Te Deum in Rome

Fri 05 Jun 1592

An Act of the Scottish Parliament came into force concerning the Office of Lyoun King of Armes and his brother Heraldis creating the best regulated system of armorial bearings in Europe.