Today on Celtic History on

October 30th

Tue 30 Oct 1928

Birth of Sir Charles Brett, architectural historian

Fri 30 Oct 1925

First moving image on a television screen when John Logie Baird transmitted the image of a, 15-year-old office boy in his London workshop.

Sun 30 Oct 1892

Eoin O'Duffy, revolutionary and organizer of the infamous Blueshirts, was born in Castleblayney, County Monaghan.

Mon 30 Oct 1865

Róis Ní Ógáin (Rose Mabel Young), Gaelic scholar and editor of Duanaire Gaedhilge, is born

Wed 30 Oct 1822

Caledonian Canal opened.

Wed 30 Oct 1816

Sir Richard Quain, physician to Queen Victoria, is born in Mallow, Co. Cork

Sat 30 Oct 1751

Birth in Dublin of dramatist and orator, Richard Brinsley Sheridan