Today on Celtic History on

December 2nd

Mon 02 Dec 1935

Llewelyn Powys, Welsh writer, died

Tue 02 Dec 1924

William Craig, unionist politician, is born

Sun 02 Dec 1877

Cahir Healy, born in Mountcharles, Co. Donegal

Sat 02 Dec 1865

William Roberts becomes leader of the Fenian Brotherhood

Sat 02 Dec 1848

Mary Slessor, missionary in Nigeria, West Africa, born in Aberdeen, Scotland

Mon 02 Dec 1811

The Kildare Place Society is formed

Mon 02 Dec 1805

William Thompson, naturalist, is born in Belfast

Thu 02 Dec 1802

Sir Dominic Corrigan, cardiologist, is born in Dublin

Fri 02 Dec 1791

Henry Flood, promoted the movement for legislative independence in Ireland, died