Today on Celtic History on

October 2nd

Thu 02 Oct 1947

The new paddle steamer Waverley was launched from A. & J. Ingliss yard on the Clyde. After providing services on the Firth of Clyde she has been preserved and still takes passengers doon the watter as the oldest sea-going paddle steamer in the world.

Fri 02 Oct 1931

Death of Sir Thomas Lipton, grocer, tea merchant and contestant for the Americas Cup.

Tue 02 Oct 1900

Hubert Butler, writer and local historian, is born near Bennettsbridge, Co. Kilkenny

Thu 02 Oct 1879

Kate Coll arrives in New York from Ireland on board the SS Nevada. She later marries Juan Vivion de Valera, and gives birth to Éamon on October 14, 1882 in New York

Sat 02 Oct 1875

Arthur Conway, mathematician and president of University College Dublin, is born in Wexford

Mon 02 Oct 1854

Patrick Geddes - Scottish Botanist born.

Sat 02 Oct 1852

Birth of Sir William Ramsay, Scottish chemist who discovered helium, xenon, neon, argon, radon and krypton.

Sat 02 Oct 1852

William O'Brien, writer and nationalist, is born in Mallow, Co. Cork

Wed 02 Oct 1833

Birth of Father William Corby who became Chaplain of the Irish Brigade in Detroit, Michigan

Mon 02 Oct 1600

ONeill engages Mountjoys forces in the Battle of Moyry Pass