Today on Celtic History on

May 22nd

Sun 22 May 1932

Death of Augusta Persse, better known as Lady Augusta Gregory, Irish dramatist, folklorist and theatre director; also a co-founder of the Abbey Theatre

Sat 22 May 1920

Birth of Oliver J. Flanagan, Fine Gael politician

Sat 22 May 1915

Britains worst train disaster at Quintinshill (near Gretna Green) in which three trains collided, with the loss of, 227 lives. A troop train carrying the Seventh Royal Scots Regiment hit a staionary train and the night express from London then hit the wr

Thu 22 May 1879

Jack White, journalist and author, is born in Cork

Sun 22 May 1870

Birth of Eva Gore-Booth, poet, trade unionist and feminist, on the Lissadell Estate in Co. Sligo

Sun 22 May 1859

Sir Conan Doyle, Scottish author - born

Sun 22 May 1859

Birth in Edinburgh of Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes. Doyle was the eldest son of 10 siblings born to Irish parents Charles Doyle and Mary Foley

Sun 22 May 1859

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, author of Sherlock Holmes, born of Irish parents in Edinburgh.

Tue 22 May 1849

Novelist, Maria Edgeworth, dies in Mostrim, Co. Longford. She is laid to rest in a vault at Edgeworthstown Church. The Great Famine which decimates the people she loves mars her last years. Even though in her late seventies, she worked strenuously for the

Wed 22 May 1805

Michael Doheny, poet and Young Irelander, is born near Fethard, Co. Tipperary

Sun 22 May 1611

King James VI introduced the title baronet for the first time. This is the lowest hereditary titled order.