Today in Celtic History !

Several days of rioting following Easter rising commemorations in Ireland end on this date

April 02, 1970

Following an Orange Order march, intense riots erupted on the Springfield Road in Belfast.



Premiere of Yeats 'Cathleen ni Houlihan' starring Maud Gonne

April 02, 1902

Cathleen ni Houlihan is a one-act play written by William Butler Yeats and Lady Gregory in 1902.



Marischal College, second University in Aberdeen, founded.

April 02, 1593

Marischal College is a large granite building on Broad Street in the centre of Aberdeen in north-east Scotland, and since 2011 has acted as the headquarters of Aberdeen City Council.

Tomorrow in Celtic History

• April 03, 1900 - Queen Victoria arrives at Kingstown for a three-day visit to Ireland
• April 03, 1846 - Death of Michael Moran, aka Zozimus, balladeer and storyteller
• April 03, 1843 - Birth of James McCudden, WWI ace
• April 03, 1825 - Thomas D'Arcy McGee, Young Irelander, journalist and promoter of Canadian Federation, is born
• April 03, 1798 - Writer John Banim, who was praised by Yeats as a writer who tried to make one see life plainly, is born in Kilkenny
• April 03, 1793 - Dionysius Lardner, scientific writer and lecturer, is born in Dublin
• April 03, 1603 - Banning of the Clan MacGregor by act of James IV of Scotland
• April 03, 1401 - Murder of Duke of Rothesay, heir of Robert III.
• April 03, 1807 - Maurice FitzGerald, MP for Co. Kerry, resigns as Commissioner of the Treasury (UK) over the issue of Catholic relief