Today on Celtic History on

October 3rd

Tue 03 Oct 1871

Gen. John ONeill and a small force of Fenians invade Canada at Pembina, Manitoba

Sat 03 Oct 1750

James McLaine, gentleman highwayman born in Monaghan, is hanged at Tyburn

Sun 03 Oct 1706

Last Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh before the Union with Westminster.

Wed 03 Oct 1691

Treaty of Limerick is signed by Ginkel and Sarsfield, ending the Williamite War in Ireland; the treaty allows evacuation of the Irish army to France and promises tolerance of Irish Catholics

Mon 03 Oct 1594

Battle of Glenlivet, George Gordon, Earl of Huntly, defeated a Royalist force under, 7th Earl of Argyll.

Mon 03 Oct 1357

Treaty of Berwick, freeing David II from imprisonment by the English.

Sun 03 Oct 1283

Prince Dafydd III last native Prince of Wales executed by the English