Today on Celtic History on

June 8th

Sat 08 Jun 1985

Barry McGuigan beats Eusebia Pedrosa to become the World Featherweight Champion

Sat 08 Jun 1929

Birth of Peter Rafferty, diplomat

Thu 08 Jun 1905

Brian Coffey, poet and scientist, is born in Dún Laoghaire, Co. Dublin

Tue 08 Jun 1886

Gladstones Home Rule Bill is defeated

Tue 08 Jun 1847

Acts setting up soup kitchens and rate-aided outdoor Famine relief come to an end

Fri 08 Jun 1798

In Co. Wicklow, the Arklow garrison is reinforced. In Co. Wexford, The rebel southern division moves camp from Carrickbyrne to Slievecoilte. In Ulster, General Nugent offers amnesty to rank and file rebels. Rebel forces in Antrim begin to disintegrate

Mon 08 Jun 1772

Robert Stevenson, engineer, who constructed, 18 lighthouses around Scotland, born Glasgow.

Mon 08 Jun 1739

Earl of Clonmell and Chief Justice John Scott, aka Copper-Faced Jack, is born in Co. Tipperary

Thu 08 Jun 1724

Birth of John Smeaton, civil engineer and lighthouse builder.

Thu 08 Jun 1561

Shane ONeill rebels and is proclaimed a traitor

Mon 08 Jun 1333

King Edward III of England orders seizure of the Isle of Mann from the Scots.