Today on Celtic History on

October 26th

Wed 26 Oct 1932

Margaret The Unsinkable Molly Brown, daughter of Irish immigrants, dies in New York

Thu 26 Oct 1911

Poet Sorley MacLean born on the island of Raasay.

Sun 26 Oct 1845

Lady Caroline Nairne, songwriter and poet, died at Gask.

Thu 26 Oct 1837

James Lawlor Kiernan, Union general in Americas Civil War, was born in Mount Bellew, County Galway

Wed 26 Oct 1831

Birth of painter Nathaniel Hone in Dublin

Wed 26 Oct 1791

Founding of the United Irishmen movement

Sat 26 Oct 1771

John (Juan) MacKenna, who would rise to fame in South America, was born in Clogher, Co. Tyrone

Sun 26 Oct 1760

George III crowned, beginning a 60 year reign, one of the longest in British history.

Fri 26 Oct 1601

A Spanish army under Don Juan del Aguila, which had landed at Kinsale on 21 September, is besieged by Lord Mountjoy on this date