Today on Celtic History on

October 5th

Wed 05 Oct 1938

Frank Patterson, tenor, is born in Clonmel, Co. Tipperary

Sun 05 Oct 1924

John Joe Barry, athlete who is known as the Ballincurry Hare, is born

Fri 05 Oct 1923

Birth of Philip Berrigan - militant priest, Virginia, Minn

Thu 05 Oct 1911

Birth of Brian O’Nolan, aka Flann O’Brien and Myles na gCopaleen in Strabane, Co. Tyrone

Sat 05 Oct 1878

New York Gaelic Society is formed

Sun 05 Oct 1873

Leslie Montgomery, comic writer under the pseudonym Lynn C. Doyle, is born in in Downpatrick, Co. Down

Wed 05 Oct 1785

Balloon flight by Italian aeronaut Vincenzo Lunardi from Heriots School, Edinburgh to Ceres in Fife.

Fri 05 Oct 1731

Parliament meets at the new parliament house in College Green for the first time

Tue 05 Oct 1283

Battle of the Largs - Norwegians abandon invasion of ScotlandBattle of the LargsNorwegians abandon invasion of Scotland leaving ships and wounded on the beach.