Today on Celtic History on

January 24th

Sat 24 Jan 1976

Roman Emperor Hadrian, born

Fri 24 Jan 1969

Willie Clancy, Irish folklorist and traditional Uilleann bagpiper, died

Tue 24 Jan 1933

Fianna Fáil wins a general election

Mon 24 Jan 1921

Patrick Scott, artist, is born in Kilbrittain, Co. Cork

Sat 24 Jan 1920

Percy French gives his last concert in Glasgow

Sat 24 Jan 1920

Percy French, writer of many popular Irish songs, dies

Fri 24 Jan 1851

Charles Plummer, Irish language scholar and editor of Lives of the Irish Saints, is born

Tue 24 Jan 1679

King Charles II of England disbands Parliament