Today on Celtic History on

March 27th

Sat 27 Mar 1943

Aircraft carrier HMS Dasher blew up and sank off the island of Arran, loss of 350 crew

Wed 27 Mar 1872

Mary MacSwiney, Maire Nic Shuibhne, Irish patriot, is born

Sat 27 Mar 1869

James MacNeill, Governor-General of the Irish Free State, is born in Glenarm, Co. Antrim

Wed 27 Mar 1839

John Ballance, Prime Minister of New Zealand, born in Glenavy, Co. Antrim

Thu 27 Mar 1766

First publication of The Vicar Of Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith

Tue 27 Mar 1725

The first number of Faulkners Dublin Journal is published

Sun 27 Mar 1650

Kilkenny surrenders to Cromwell

Thu 27 Mar 1625

Charles 1 becomes king of England, Scotland and Ireland

Sat 27 Mar 1599

Robert Devereux becomes Lieutenant-General of Ireland

Wed 27 Mar 1371

King Robert II crowned at Scone

Sat 27 Mar 1351

The Combat of the Thirty