Today on Celtic History on

November 27th

Wed 27 Nov 1996

First deaths from E-coli outbreak in Lanarkshire, Scotland

Tue 27 Nov 1906

Michael Cusack, one of the founders of the GAA, died

Wed 27 Nov 1878

Sir William Orpen, painter, in Stillorgan, Co. Dublin, born

Mon 27 Nov 1876

Henry Robinson Allen, tenor and composer, dies

Mon 27 Nov 1871

The Gaiety Theatre, Dublin, opens with a performance of She Stoops to Conquer

Fri 27 Nov 1857

Thomas Heazle Parke, surgeon, military officer and author, born

Sun 27 Nov 1774

John Kyan, inventor, is born in Dublin

Tue 27 Nov 1703

The Great Storm of 1703 hits Britain, 8,000 people die in 24 hours

Tue 27 Nov 1612

Dungannon, Co. Tyrone, is the first of 40 new boroughs to be incorporated

Tue 27 Nov 0784

St. Vergilius or Ferghil, the Geometer, died