Today on Celtic History on

December 7th

Thu 07 Dec 1922

The six counties of Northern Ireland opt out of the Free State

Fri 07 Dec 1888

Joyce Cary, author, is born in Derry

Sun 07 Dec 1879

Birth in Tralee, Co. Kerry of Austin Stack, anti-Treaty nationalist

Sun 07 Dec 1817

Admiral William Bligh Cornishman of Mutiny on the Bounty fame, died

Wed 07 Dec 1785

Sir William Francis Patrick Napier, general and historian, is born in Celbridge, Co. Kildare

Sat 07 Dec 1754

Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings, soldier and colonial administrator, is born in Dublin

Tue 07 Dec 1688

Thirteen Apprentice Boys refuse to let a Catholic army into Derry-Londonderry

Wed 07 Dec 1487

James FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Desmond is murdered at the instigation of his brother, John

Sun 07 Dec 0521

St. Columcille, Irish bard and monk honored in all the Celtic lands, born