Today on Celtic History on

December 22nd

Tue 22 Dec 1936

James Burke, Irish historian and author, born

Thu 22 Dec 1740

Joseph Stock, bishop and author, is born in Dublin

Thu 22 Dec 1740

Nicholas Joseph Callan, Irish Catholic priest and physicist, born

Sat 22 Dec 1691

Patrick Sarsfield and The Wild Geese sail out of Cork harbour for France