Today on Celtic History on

April 24th

Mon 24 Apr 1916

Irish Volunteers and Citizen Army seize the General Post Office (GPO) in Dublin

Thu 24 Apr 1913

Large supply of guns from Germany are landed at Larne for the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF)

Wed 24 Apr 1912

Irish novelist, historian and politician, Justin McCarthy, dies

Tue 24 Apr 1906

William Joyce aka Lord Haw-Haw; born in Brooklyn, New York

Sun 24 Apr 1825

Novelist R.M. Ballantyne, who wrote 90 books, the best known of which was The Coral Island, was born in Edinburgh.

Tue 24 Apr 1764

Thomas Emmet, nationalist and brother of Robert Emmet, is born in Dublin

Sun 24 Apr 1718

Nathaniel Hone, portrait painter, is born in Dublin

Sun 24 Apr 1633

Warrant issued by the Privy Council to Sir John Hepburn to raise a regiment of 1,200 men to fight in the French service. The corps ultimately became the First Regiment of Foot, The Royal Scots.

Wed 24 Apr 1596

Pacificatie of Ireland drawn

Mon 24 Apr 1567

First printed book ever published in Gaelic.

Thu 24 Apr 1558

Mary, Queen of Scots, married French Dauphin, Francis Valois (he was aged 14) at Notre Dame in Paris.