Today on Celtic History on

September 9th

Sat 09 Sep 1978

Poet and Nationalist C M Grieve (Hugh MacDiarmid) died.

Mon 09 Sep 1963

Jim Clark became the (then) worlds youngest F1 motor racing champion.

Sat 09 Sep 1922

The newly elected Daíl Éireann meets to frame its constitution and elects William T. Cosgrave President of the Executive Committee

Sat 09 Sep 1893

House of Lords rejects Second Home Rule Bill

Thu 09 Sep 1852

The last day of the Tenant League Conference in Dublin

Tue 09 Sep 1845

The arrival of the potato blight in Ireland is reported in the Dublin Evening Post

Fri 09 Sep 1831

30,000 punds is allocated to establish national system of elementary education in Ireland

Sat 09 Sep 1758

Birth of painter Alexander Naysmyth in Edinburgh.

Thu 09 Sep 1543

Mary Queen of Scots crowned at Stirling Castle.

Tue 09 Sep 1513

James IV of Scotland killed in the Battle of Flodden.

Fri 09 Sep 0872

Earliest verifiable date of a Viking invasion of Ireland in Dunrally