Today on Celtic History on

April 12th

Thu 12 Apr 1945

The Scottish National Party gained their first electoral victory

Thu 12 Apr 1928

Madeleine Smith, found not proven for murder in 1857, died peacefully in New York.

Sat 12 Apr 1913

Flyweight boxing champion Benny Lynch born.

Fri 12 Apr 1889

Patrick McGilligan, pro-Treaty nationalist and politician, is born in Coleraine, Co. Derry-Londonderry

Fri 12 Apr 1861

The American Civil War begins; 150,000 Irishmen will serve with the Union forces, and 40,000 with the Confederacy

Mon 12 Apr 1847

The American relief ship, Jamestown, lands supplies in Cork for famine victims

Wed 12 Apr 1837

Patrick Ford, journalist in the USA, fund-raiser for Irish causes, born in Galway

Mon 12 Apr 1824

An Act establishes free trade in manufactured articles between Britain and Ireland

Fri 12 Apr 1816

Sir Charles Gavan Duffy is born in Co. Monaghan

Mon 12 Apr 1700

Abandonment of Scotlands only New World Colony, Caledonia, at Darien, Isthmus of Panama

Sun 12 Apr 1654

The Ordinance of Union comes into effect, uniting Ireland and Scotland with England

Wed 12 Apr 1606

Union flag adopted as the flag of England, Wales and Scotland.