Home /calendar /october /October 21, 1803On October 21, 1803 in Celtic HistoryExecution of thomas russell, united irishman, in downpatrick for “high treason”Share : More From This Daycalendar 1983The Queen officially opened the Burrell Collection in Glasgows Pollok Country Park. The museums collection had been donated to the city nearly, 40 years earlier by the shipping magnate Sir William Burrell.October 21, 1983calendar 1904Birth of poet Patrick Kavanagh in Inishkeen, Co. MonaghanOctober 21, 1904calendar 1901Douglas Hydes Casadh an tSúgán - The Twisting of the Rope - is presented at The Gaiety Theatre in Dublin and becomes the first staged Irish-language playOctober 21, 1901calendar 1879Irish National Land League founded in Dublin.October 21, 1879calendar 1805The Irish dead at the Battle of Trafalgar include Lieutenant William Ram, son of Abel Ram, MP for Co. Wexford, who is killed on board the VictoryOctober 21, 1805
