Today on Celtic History on

October 13th

Sat 13 Oct 1923

Republican prisoners in Mountjoy prison begin mass hunger strike

Thu 13 Oct 1881

Government crackdown on Irish Land League jails Parnell and other leaders

Thu 13 Oct 1881

Charles Stewart Parnell and others are arrested for Land League activities

Mon 13 Oct 1823

Sara Atkinson, a writer on religious and historical subjects is born

Thu 13 Oct 1729

William Conolly resigns as Speaker

Fri 13 Oct 1713

Birth of Allan Ramsay, painter and son of Allan Ramsay the poet.

Thu 13 Oct 1644

Battle of Aberdeen, James Graham,, 1st Marquess of Montrose, sacked the city.

Sat 13 Oct 1494

Poynings lands at Howth and summons a parliament to Drogheda. He then campaigns in the north