Today on Celtic History on

February 14th

Fri 14 Feb 1930

Sir Thomas Mackenzie, died

Thu 14 Feb 1878

Daniel Corkery, writer, critic and Irish cultural enthusiast, is born in Cork

Mon 14 Feb 1876

Alexander Graham Bell patented the telephone (Patent 174461)

Thu 14 Feb 1856

Frank Harris, writer and journalist, is born in Galway

Mon 14 Feb 1853

The Queen Victoria sinks in a storm off Howth, with the loss of 55 lives

Tue 14 Feb 1792

Pianist and composer John Field gives his first public performance at the Rotunda in Dublin

Sun 14 Feb 1700

A subsidy is authorized to Louis Crommellin for establishing a linen industry

Wed 14 Feb 1629

Valentine Greatrakes, a physician who is known as the touch doctor, is born in Affane, Co. Waterford

Sun 14 Feb 1565

Mary Queen of Scots meets Lord Darnley for the first time

Thu 14 Feb 1489

Treaty of Dordrecht, Henry VII of England and Holy Roman Emperor Maxmillian agree to uphold Breton independence