Today on Celtic History on

April 11th

Tue 11 Apr 1882

Battle of the Braes in which crofters in Skye fought 50 policemen during a dispute over land rights

Thu 11 Apr 1878

Kathleen Daly Clarke, Irish patriot, is born

Thu 11 Apr 1839

John Galt, author, traveller, founder of Guelph, Ontario, died.

Sun 11 Apr 1700

Richard Levinge, an Irish MP, who had been committed by the English House of Commons to the Tower of London, is released

Sun 11 Apr 1700

Scottish settlement in Darien, Panama, abandoned.

Fri 11 Apr 1603

Catholic worship is re-established in Kilkenny and the main Munster towns

Wed 11 Apr 1240

Llywelyn the Great died.