Today on Celtic History on

October 4th

Fri 04 Oct 1929

Most of United Free Church merged with Church of Scotland.

Mon 04 Oct 1886

Lennox Robinson, playwright and one-time Abbey Theatre manager, is born in Douglas, Co. Cork

Thu 04 Oct 1883

Boys Brigade founded in Glasgow.

Tue 04 Oct 1842

Birth of heavyweight bare-knuckle boxer Jim Dunne in Co. Kildare. Dunne won the American heavyweight title from fellow Irishman Jim Elliot - the pair were jailed after the illegal event

Thu 04 Oct 1821

Death of John Rennie, engineer who constructed the Crinan Canal.

Wed 04 Oct 1780

African explorer Alexander Laing, born.

Fri 04 Oct 1754

William Bligh, Cornish man, Mutiny on the Bounty fame was born.

Wed 04 Oct 1741

Edmund Malone, editor and Shakespearian scholar, is born in Dublin

Sun 04 Oct 1733

Henry Boyle, the future Earl of Shannon, is unanimously elected Speaker of the Irish parliament. He will serve till 1756 - the longest-serving Speaker of the 1692-1800 parliaments

Sun 04 Oct 1693

Irish Brigade of France fights in the battle of Marsaglia

Mon 04 Oct 1582

Pope Gregory reforms the calendar introduced by Julius Caesar in 45BCE - 4 October is followed by 15 October. However, the reform will not be implemented in Ireland till 1752