Today on Celtic History on

May 28th

Fri 28 May 1937

National Government formed under the leadership of Neville Chamberlain.

Mon 28 May 1917

Birth of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th US president, in Brookline, Mass

Sun 28 May 1905

Construction of the Kings Theatre in Edinburgh commences.

Sat 28 May 1887

73 miners were killed in a firedamp explosion at Udston Colliery, Lanarkshire.

Wed 28 May 1884

Oscar Wilde and Constance Lloyd are married

Fri 28 May 1841

Seven church ministers of the Presbytery of Strathbogie were removed from their posts by the General assembly of the Church of Scotland for obeying civil rather than ecclesiastical law

Mon 28 May 1798

In the first Battle of Enniscorthy, the rebels take the town

Mon 28 May 1798

Father Murphy of Boolavogue, a priest who had been in dispute with his bishop and who had reluctantly stepped forward as leader, the Wexford insurgents, gaining strength as they advance, storm Enniscorthy

Fri 28 May 1779

Thoams Moore, Irish poet and composer, born.

Fri 28 May 1779

Poet and songwriter, Thomas Moore, is born in Dublin

Thu 28 May 1722

Birth of James Fitzgerald, 20th Earl of Kildare; Duke of Leinster; politician and Lord Justice

Sun 28 May 1713

William Molyneux, the fourteen-year old son of Sir Thomas Molyneux, is killed when a leaden image falls on him in a garden near Dublin

Fri 28 May 1666

The Act of Uniformity confirms Guy Fawkes day (5 November) as an anniversary, and adds 30 January (execution of Charles I) and 29 May (the Restoration)

Mon 28 May 1590

Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, agrees to abandon further attempts at extending his territory in the north

Thu 28 May 1503

Papal Bull signed by Pope Alexander VI confirming the marriage of King James IV and Margaret Tudor