Today on Celtic History on

March 18th

Sat 18 Mar 2000

Sheelahs Day

Wed 18 Mar 1801

Ambrose OHiggins, Viceroy of Peru, dies in Lima

Tue 18 Mar 1800

Harriet Smithson, actress, is born in Ennis, Co. Clare

Sun 18 Mar 1736

The Irish House of Commons condemns tithe of agistment on pasturage for dry and barren cattle

Fri 18 Mar 1689

Earl of Leven raises a Border regiment to hold Edinburgh against the Jacobites