Today on Celtic History on

May 9th

Thu 09 May 1957

A spectacular blaze at Bells Brae, Edinburgh, destroyed the premises of one of Britains largest theatrical costumiers

Sun 09 May 1943

Viscount Cunningham, British admiral issued his command Sink, burn and destroy; let nothing pass

Mon 09 May 1932

Éamon de Valera is elected Taoiseach

Mon 09 May 1927

John McDermott, Lord Justice of Appeal for Northern Ireland, is born

Thu 09 May 1918

John MacLean, socialist revolutionary, tried in the High Court for sedition

Tue 09 May 1916

Irish Patriot, Thomas Kent, is executed at Cork Detention Barracks

Sat 09 May 1896

Austin Clarke, considered to be the greatest poet of his generation after Yeats, is born

Tue 09 May 1865

The Dublin International Exhibition opens in Earlsfort Terrace

Wed 09 May 1860

Sir James Matthew Barrie, Scottish playwright and novelist and author of Peter Pan born

Fri 09 May 1828

Charles Kickham, Fenian, novelist, and author of Knocknagow, is born in Mullinahone, Co. Tipperary

Fri 09 May 1828

Charles Kickham, Fenian, novelist, and author of Knocknagow, is born in Mullinahone, Co. Tipperary

Mon 09 May 1814

Birth in Dublin of John Brougham, actor and dramatist

Sat 09 May 1807

Thomas Wyatt, architect, is born in Loughlin House, Co. Roscommon

Thu 09 May 1709

The Irish House of Lords expresses hope that union of Ireland and England will follow union of England and Scotland

Wed 09 May 1691

Charles Chalmont is sent by Louis XIV to command the Irish army and arrives on this date

Sat 09 May 1671

Colonel Thomas Blood dresses as a clergyman and attempts to steal the British crown jewels from the Tower of London

Mon 09 May 1650

The Battle of Clonmel begins with the first of two assaults

Fri 09 May 1423

Edmund Mortimer, 8th earl of Ulster, and heir presumptive to the throne of England, is appointed lieutenant