Today on Celtic History on

May 27th

Wed 27 May 1936

Aer Lingus opens routes to Bristol and London, commencing with a flight from Baldonnell to Bristol on this date

Wed 27 May 1936

Maiden voyage of liner Queen Mary.

Fri 27 May 1887

Anti-Tithe Riot, Llangwm, Wales

Sun 27 May 1877

Hanna Sheehy Skeffington is born in Co. Limerick. A committed suffragette, she is one of the founding members of the Irish Womens Franchise League; sexual equality remains a primary concern throughout her despite a slight shift in focus after the summary

Sun 27 May 1798

Wexford rebels massacre Kingsboroughs militiamen and yeomanry at Oulart

Wed 27 May 1648

Giovanni Rinuccini, papal nuncio to the confederates, excommunicates adherents of the truce between confederates and Inchiquin

Sat 27 May 1595

Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, defeats the English forces of his brother-in-law, Sir Henry Bagenal, at the Battle of Clontibret, Co. Monaghan

Mon 27 May 1224

Cathal Crovderg O'Connor, king of Connacht and brother of Rory O'Connor, dies