Today on Celtic History on

June 25th

Fri 25 Jun 1971

Lord Boyd Orr, biologist and Nobel Prize Winner, died.

Sat 25 Jun 1938

Dr. Douglas Hyde inaugurated as first President of Ireland; Seán T OCeallaigh, Eamon de Valera and Erskine Childers were all installed on the same day in 1945, 1959 and 1973 respectively

Thu 25 Jun 1891

Charles Stewart Parnell married Katherine OShea in England

Thu 25 Jun 1891

The first Sherlock Holmes story by Edinburgh born author Arthur Conan Doyle was published in the Strand magazine.

Sat 25 Jun 1887

Wallace statue unveiled at the Wallace National Monument, Stirling.

Sun 25 Jun 1876

Seven Scots, including John Stuart Forbes, were in the US, 7th Cavalry with General Custer at the Battle of the Little Big Horn.

Sat 25 Jun 1870

Erskine Childers, novelist, member of the Royal Navy, and later an Irish nationalist, is born in London. He is famous for the classic spy yarn The Riddle Of The Sands. For more on his life, please click The Wild Geese

Mon 25 Jun 1804

Kadoudal - Breton patriot, beheaded in Paris.

Tue 25 Jun 1799

David Douglas, explorer and botanist, born at Scone, Perthshire. In addition to the Douglas Fir, he brought back to Europe lupins, phlox, penstemmon, sunflowers, clarkia, Californian poppy, mimulus, flowering currant, rose of sharon and mahonia.

Mon 25 Jun 1798

Northern column fails to take Hacketstown, Co. Carlow and returns to camp at Croghan. Southern column marches from Slatt, to camp at Kilcumney Hill, Co. Carlow

Wed 25 Jun 1783

The Bank of Ireland is established in Dublin, by Royal charter. It issues its first notes, and opens to the public on this date; the Irish pound is worth £12-13 sterling

Mon 25 Jun 1731

The Dublin Society for Improving Husbandry, (later to become the Royal Dublin Society on June 19, 1820), is founded on this date