Today on Celtic History on

June 6th

Sun 06 Jun 1982

Caitlin Maude, Irish language activist dies.

Thu 06 Jun 1940

Willie John McBride, Ireland and Lions rugby captain, is born in Toomebridge, Co. Antrim

Fri 06 Jun 1913

Birth in Dublin of Patrick Campbell, author and broadcaster; he wrote sixteen books, including Life in Thin Slices, Rough Husbandry and How to Become a Scratch Golfer (he was one himself)

Mon 06 Jun 1898

Birth of Dame Ninette de Valois, Wicklow, born founder of the Royal Ballet

Tue 06 Jun 1882

In Liverpool, Mayo native-son and hero, Michael Davitt, advocates land nationalization in preference to peasant proprietorship

Sun 06 Jun 1880

Birth of William Thomas Cosgrave , Irish statesman and father of Liam Cosgrave*. A member of Sinn Féin, he fought in the Easter Rebellion and was sentenced to life imprisonment. Freed a year later, he was elected to the British Parliament in 1918 but pro

Tue 06 Jun 1871

Joseph Shanahan, missionary bishop in Africa, is born near Templederry, Co. Tipperary

Wed 06 Jun 1821

F. an Uhel, Breton writer and ethnologist was born

Fri 06 Jun 1800

Ordination of the first priests at St Patricks College, Maynooth. The college was founded in 1795 as the National Seminary for Ireland

Wed 06 Jun 1798

General Needham reaches Arklow in Co. Wexford and immediately begins digging trenches

Wed 06 Jun 1798

Rebellion breaks out in Ulster - Henry Joy McCracken issues proclamation calling United Irishmen in Ulster to arms

Sun 06 Jun 1790

Edmund Butler, 11th Viscount Mountgarret and former MP for Co. Kilkenny, fights a duel with a Counsellor Bushe during which Bushe is seriously injured in the stomach

Mon 06 Jun 1763

William Simms, a founder and secretary of the United Irishmen, is born

Sat 06 Jun 1739

John Scott, Earl of Clonmel; Copper-Faced Jack; Chief Justice, is born in Co. Tipperary

Sat 06 Jun 1592

Red Hugh ODonnell, son of the Earl of Tyrconnell makes a dramatic escape from the Record Tower and returns to Co. Donegal and the leadership of his Clan

Mon 06 Jun 1560

Treaty of Edinburgh between France and England, recognizing sovereignty of Mary Queen of Scots and her first husband Francis II.

Sat 06 Jun 1333

William de Burgh, Earl of Ulster -the Brown Earl-is assassinated by his own knights, John de Logan and two of the de Mandevilles, at Le Ford, Belfast. The background is one of intrigue among Norman-Irish lords