Today on Celtic History on

August 4th

Sat 04 Aug 1900

Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, the future Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, born.

Sun 04 Aug 1878

Birth of Margaret Pearse, teacher, politician and sister of Padraic Pearse, in Dublin

Thu 04 Aug 1870

Birth of the entertainer Sir Harry Lauder.

Tue 04 Aug 1846

The Great Southern & Western Railway line between Dublin and Carlow opens

Sun 04 Aug 1805

Birth in Dublin of Sir William Rowan Hamilton, mathematician and astronomer

Tue 04 Aug 1789

French National Assembly votes to abolish remnants of Breton autonomy

Tue 04 Aug 1654

Birth in Midleton, Co. Cork of Thomas Brodrick, politician in Irish and British Houses of Commons who led the inquiry into the South Sea Bubble