Today on Celtic History on

August 11th

Thu 11 Aug 1927

After the Free State general election on June 09, de Valera and Fianna Fáil enter the Dáil as the largest opposition party

Thu 11 Aug 1927

The Electricity Supply Board (ESB) is established to control the Shannon hydro-electric scheme and take over all existing projects for the electrification of Ireland

Sat 11 Aug 1894

Dan Breen, nationalist revolutionary and politician, is born near Soloheadbeg, Co. Tipperary

Thu 11 Aug 1892

Author and poet C M Grieve (Hugh MacDiarmid) born at Langholm, Dumfriesshire.

Tue 11 Aug 1835

Henry Grattan Guinness, is born in Dún Laoghaire, Co. Dublin

Sat 11 Aug 1691

A Jacobite force under Patrick Sarsfield, guided by Galloping Hogan, destroys a Williamite siege train at Ballyneety, hampering the siege of Limerick

Thu 11 Aug 1560

Latin Mass prohibited in Scotland by Parliament as Protestant faith gained the ascendancy.

Wed 11 Aug 1306

Battle of Dalry, Robert I, attacked and defeated John MacDougall of Lorne, kinsman of John Comyn.