Today on Celtic History on

September 22nd

Tue 22 Sep 1931

Birth of politician, Secretary of State for Scotland, Minister for Defence, Viscount Younger of Leckie (George Younger). Later became Chairman of The Royal Bank of Scotland plc.

Sat 22 Sep 1928

The first professional artist ever to appear on British television, Irishwoman Miss Peg O’Neil, gives a charming entertainment, chatting and smiling, and telling Irish stories. The broadcast takes place at Olympia on the first day of the Radio Exhibitio

Wed 22 Sep 1920

Mid-Clare Brigade, IRA, kill six policemen near Miltown Malbay, Co. Clare

Mon 22 Sep 1884

The gunboat HMS Wasp is wrecked off Tory Island, Co. Donegal, with the loss of 52 lives; there are eight survivors

Thu 22 Sep 1864

Col. James Mulligan, who commanded Mulligans Irish Brigade, dies of wounds sustained at the 3rd Battle of Winchester

Sat 22 Sep 1821

Patrick Moore, Confederate General, is born in Galway

Sat 22 Sep 1798

Colonel Trench marches from Castlebar and takes Ballina

Tue 22 Sep 1626

Charles I offers twenty-six concessions (graces) to the Irish in return for subsidies to expand his army

Sat 22 Sep 1601

Battle of Kinsale

Tue 22 Sep 1485

Duke Fransez II sets up a Breton national assembly.