Today on Celtic History on

January 31st

Sat 31 Jan 1953

The Princess Victoria, a British Railways car ferry steamer, sinks in the Irish Sea

Fri 31 Jan 1913

The Ulster Volunteer Force is founded by the Unionist Council

Mon 31 Jan 1881

Anna Parnell sets up the Committee of the Ladies Land League in Dublin

Sun 31 Jan 1864

Matilda Knowles, Irish botanist and lichenologist, born

Fri 31 Jan 1800

William Pitt, the younger, Prime Minister of Britain, advocates the union of Britain and Ireland