Today on Celtic History on

December 4th

Sat 04 Dec 1937

Cartoon character Desperate Dan first appeared in the Dandy comic

Wed 04 Dec 1918

Richard Bagwell, Irish historian, dies

Sun 04 Dec 1887

Winifred Carney, trade unionist and revolutionary, is born in Bangor, Co. Down

Mon 04 Dec 1882

Special inquiry into the Phoenix Park murders, in which Parnell is falsely implicated

Thu 04 Dec 1879

Sir Hamilton Harty, musician and composer, is born in Hillsborough, Co. Down

Fri 04 Dec 1795

Thomas Carlye, Scottish historian, born

Thu 04 Dec 1423

James I, is released from 18 years captivity in England

Thu 04 Dec 1214

King William I (Lion). died at Stirling