Today on Celtic History on

April 13th

Sat 13 Apr 1996

George Mackay Brown, poet and novelist, died.

Fri 13 Apr 1951

The Stone of Destiny, stolen on Christmas Day, was returned to Westminster Abbey

Tue 13 Apr 1920

Liam Cosgrave, Fine Gael leader and Taoiseach, is born

Fri 13 Apr 1906

Birth of Samuel Beckett in Foxrock, Co. Dublin

Mon 13 Apr 1829

The Catholic Emancipation Act receives royal assent on this date

Wed 13 Apr 1825

Thomas D'Arcy McGee, Young Irelander, journalist and promoter of Canadian Federation, is born

Wed 13 Apr 1825

Thomas D'Arcy McGee, Nationalist, writer, and Canadian politician, born in Carlingford, Co. Louth

Thu 13 Apr 1780

Alexander Mitchell, civil engineer and inventor, is born in Dublin

Tue 13 Apr 1728

Samuel Molyneux, former MP for the University of Dublin collapses in the British House of Commons and dies

Mon 13 Apr 1722

Charles Leslie, Irish controversialist, dies

Tue 13 Apr 1593

Birth of Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford-Viceroy of Ireland

Sun 13 Apr 1203

Arthur I of Brittany assassinated by his uncle, John of England