Today on Celtic History on

June 29th

Wed 29 Jun 2005

John Davie Burgess, King of the Highland Pipers, died at age 71.

Sun 29 Jun 1924

Joss Lynam, mountaineer, is born in London

Thu 29 Jun 1922

The Irish Civil War starts in Ireland on June 28, 1922

Thu 29 Jun 1922

Battle of Dublin

Tue 29 Jun 1920

In response to Anglo-Irish anxiety concerning their role in a future Ireland, the Dáil Éireann issues a resolution endeavoring to stem land-grabbing and to shift focus to clearing out the foreign invader

Thu 29 Jun 1916

Roger Casement is convicted of treason and sentenced to death

Tue 29 Jun 1915

Jeremiah ODonovan Rossna, Fenian leader, dies in the U.S.

Thu 29 Jun 1848

A gunfight takes place between Young Ireland Rebels and police at Widow McCormacks house in Ballingarry, Tipperary

Thu 29 Jun 1820

The Dublin Society becomes the Royal Dublin Society

Thu 29 Jun 1820

Robert Jocelyn, 2nd Earl Roden, former MP for Dundalk and a leader of the Orange Order, is alleged to have led an attack on Catholic homes in Dundalk. He is struck off the Commission of the Peace and ordered to be brought to trial, but flees to Edinburgh,

Fri 29 Jun 1810

Robert Williams, Celtic scholar from Wales, author of Dictionary of the Ancient Celtic Language of Cornwall - born

Sat 29 Jun 1771

Birth of Edward Newell, United Irishman and informer, in Downpatrick, Co. Down