Today on Celtic History on

June 13th

Fri 13 Jun 1975

Rate of price inflation reached, 25% in the UK.

Wed 13 Jun 1951

Eamon de Valera becomes Taoiseach

Sun 13 Jun 1886

Molly Malone reputedly dies of the fever

Fri 13 Jun 1884

Mary Colum in Collooney, Co. Sligo, born

Tue 13 Jun 1865

Birth of W.B. Yeats in Dublin

Mon 13 Jun 1831

James Clerk Maxwell, first Professor of Experimental Physics at Cambridge University, born

Sun 13 Jun 1819

The Strathnaver Clearances began on the Sutherland estates, families were given, 30 minutes to remove their belongings before their cottages were set on fire

Wed 13 Jun 1798

Battle of Ballynahinch, Ireland, defeat of United Irish Army in Ulster.

Thu 13 Jun 1748

Sir Robert King, MP for Boyle, Co. Roscommon, is created Baron Kingsborough

Tue 13 Jun 1713

Jonathan Swift becomes Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin