Today on Celtic History on

September 26th

Wed 26 Sep 1934

Liner Queen Mary launched at John Browns shipyard, Clydebank

Mon 26 Sep 1932

De Valera opens the 13th Assembly of the League of Nations in Geneva

Fri 26 Sep 1930

Saor Éire, a republican-socialist party, is founded by Peadar ODonnell, Seán MacBride and other IRA members; it, the IRA and ten other organizations are declared illegal in the Free State on 23 October, and the Catholic Church excommunicates members of a

Fri 26 Sep 1902

James Dillon, politician and Fine Gael leader is born in Dublin

Wed 26 Sep 1860

First Open Golf Championship held at Prestwick. There were eight entrants and the championship was won by Willie Park of Musselburgh.

Mon 26 Sep 1791

First convicts from Ireland arrive in New South Wales, Australia

Tue 26 Sep 1713

Charles Lucas, physician, MP and political radical, is born in Ballingaddy, Ennis, Co. Clare

Mon 26 Sep 1678

Thomas Tonkin - Cornish historian born

Tue 26 Sep 1290

Queen Margaret, Maid of Norway (Eiriksdotter) died, en route from Norway to Scotland.

Mon 26 Sep 1289

All men of good will to the king, both Irish and English, in Munster and Leinster are summoned to Buttevant in Leix (Queens County). A ten day expedition which begins on this date, subdues and forces the local Irish into an uneasy peace