Today on Celtic History on

November 1st

Tue 11 Jan 2000

Samhain - Celtic New Year

Thu 01 Nov 1945

Demobilisation of the Irish Army begins

Mon 01 Nov 1920

Private James Daly, of the Connaught Rangers, is last member to be executed for mutiny

Mon 01 Nov 1920

The enrolment of the Ulster Special Constabulary begins

Mon 01 Nov 1920

Kevin Barry, is hanged in Dublin

Mon 01 Nov 1897

Naomi Mitchison, Novelist and politician, born in Edinburgh

Sat 01 Nov 1884

Founding of the Gaelic Athletic Association

Sun 01 Nov 1857

John Joly, geologist and physicist, is born in Co. Offaly

Thu 01 Nov 1838

Anthony Traill, provost of Trinity College, Dublin, born

Thu 01 Nov 1798

Sir Benjamin Guinness, owner of the Guinness brewery from 1855, is born in Dublin

Mon 01 Nov 1790

Edmund Burkes Reflections on the Revolution in France is published

Tue 01 Nov 1695

Bank of Scotland founded by an Act of the Scottish Parliament

Sat 01 Nov 1625

St. Oliver Plunkett, Archbishop of Armagh, born near Oldcastle, Co. Meath