Today on Celtic History on

February 21st

Thu 21 Feb 1952

Identity cards, introduced at a wartime security measure, were abolished in Britain

Fri 21 Feb 1941

Eric Liddell, Chariots of Fire, died

Tue 21 Feb 1893

Peadar O'Donnell, revolutionary and writer, is born in Co. Donegal

Mon 21 Feb 1842

Intercity railway between Glasgow and Edinburgh opened by Queen Victoria

Thu 21 Feb 1822

Richard Southwell Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo, Viceroy and Governor-General of India, born

Tue 21 Feb 1804

Richard Trevithick Cornish inventor and engineer demonstrated the first steam driven, died.

Mon 21 Feb 1803

Edward Despard, Irish republican, executed for attempted overthrow of British Crown

Tue 21 Feb 1775

Edward Denny, MP for Tralee, Ireland, commits suicide

Thu 21 Feb 1760

François Thurot lands French forces at Carrickfergus in Belfast Lough