Today on Celtic History on

March 7th

Mon 07 Mar 1966

Nelson Pillar blown up, Dublin

Sun 07 Mar 1937

Tomas O Criomthain, Irish author of An t-Oileanach (The Islandman), died

Wed 07 Mar 1923

Eight republican prisoners are executed by use of a mine at Ball seedy, Co. Kerry

Mon 07 Mar 1921

Limerick Mayor George Clancy is shot and killed in his home by disguised members of the Black and Tans

Sun 07 Mar 1920

Ellis Dillon, novelist and childrens writer, is born in Galway

Mon 07 Mar 1864

Archbishop Paul Cullen issues a pastoral for St. Patrick's Day denouncing Fenianism

Tue 07 Mar 0851

Nominee, ruler of Brittany, died