Today on Celtic History on

April 3rd

Tue 03 Apr 1900

Queen Victoria arrives at Kingstown for a three-day visit to Ireland

Fri 03 Apr 1846

Death of Michael Moran, aka Zozimus, balladeer and storyteller

Fri 03 Apr 1807

Maurice FitzGerald, MP for Co. Kerry, resigns as Commissioner of the Treasury

Tue 03 Apr 1798

John Banim, writer, is born in Kilkenny

Wed 03 Apr 1793

Dionysius Lardner, scientific writer and lecturer, is born in Dublin

Thu 03 Apr 1603

Banning of the Clan MacGregor by act of James IV of Scotland