#OTD in Irish History – 16 May:

16/05/2019.Reading time 9 minutes.

587 – St Brendan the Navigator, early transatlantic voyager, dies. In the Liturgical calendar, today is St Brendan’s Feast Day. 1907 – Birth of Robert Tisdall, gold medalist in the 400 meter hurdles at the 1932 Olympics. 1916 – The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the French Third Republic sign the secret […]

#OTD in 1867 – Eoin MacNeill, Gaelic scholar and co-founder of the Gaelic League, is born in Glenarm, Co Antrim.

15/05/2019.Reading time 2 minutes.

Born in Co Antrim to middle-class Catholic parents, he was educated at St Malachy’s College, Belfast and became law clerk. In 1893, together with Douglas Hyde and others he founded the Gaelic League, an organisation devoted to the preservation of the Irish language, literature, and traditional culture. A brilliant historian and linguist, he was the […]

#OTD in Irish History – 16 May:

16/05/2018.Reading time 9 minutes.

#OTD in 1867 – Eoin MacNeill, Gaelic scholar and co-founder of the Gaelic League, is born in Glenarm, Co Antrim.

15/05/2018.Reading time 2 minutes.

#OTD in Irish History – 16 May:

16/05/2017.Reading time 6 minutes.

587 – St Brendan the Navigator, early transatlantic voyager, dies. In the Liturgical calendar, today is St Brendan’s Feast Day. 1907 – Birth of Robert Tisdall, gold medalist in the 400 meter hurdles at the 1932 Olympics. 1920 – ‘Soviets’ are proclaimed in 13 Co Limerick creameries, including Knocklong. 1921 – Two IRA men are […]

#OTD in 1867 – Eoin MacNeill, Gaelic scholar and co-founder of the Gaelic League, is born in Glenarm, Co Antrim.

15/05/2017.Reading time 2 minutes.

Today in Irish History – 16 May:

16/05/2016.Reading time 5 minutes.

587 – St. Brendan the Navigator, early transatlantic voyager, dies. In the Liturgical calendar, today is St. Brendan’s Feast Day. 1907 – Birth of Robert Tisdall, gold medalist in the 400 meter hurdles at the 1932 Olympics. 1920 – ‘Soviets’ are proclaimed in 13 Co Limerick creameries, including Knocklong. 1921 – Two IRA men are […]

Today in Irish History – 16 May:

16/05/2015.Reading time 3 minutes.

587 – St. Brendan the Navigator, early transatlantic voyager, dies. In the liturgical calendar, today is St. Brendan’s Feast Day. 1907 – Birth of Robert Tisdall, gold medalist in the 400 meter hurdles at the 1932 Olympics. 1920 – ‘Soviets’ are proclaimed in 13 Co Limerick creameries, including Knocklong. 1921 – Two IRA men are […]

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