Today on Celtic History on

September 27th

Mon 27 Sep 1948

Singer Barbara Dickson, born.

Tue 27 Sep 1938

The, 80,000-ton liner Queen Elizabeth, then the largest passenger ship ever built, launched at John Browns shipyard, Clydebank.

Mon 27 Sep 1926

Tim OKeeffe, publisher, is born in Kinsale, Co. Cork

Sun 27 Sep 1891

Last public speech of Parnell-Irish statesman at Creggs Co. Galway Ireland

Tue 27 Sep 1831

Scotlands first passenger railway opened (between Glasgow and Garnkirk).

Thu 27 Sep 1725

Patrick Darcy, scientist and soldier, is born in Kitulla, Co.Galway

Wed 27 Sep 1662

An act for encouraging Protestant strangers and others to inhabit and plant in the kingdom of Ireland is passed in the Irish Parliament under Charles II