Today on Celtic History on

August 17th

Total Events: 10

Sun 17 Aug 1947

First Edinburgh International Festival opened.

Thu 17 Aug 1922

RIC is disbanded to be replaced by the Garda Síochána

Sat 17 Aug 1878

Birth of Oliver St. John Gogarty, writer, and the model for the stately, plump Buck Mulligan in Joyces Ulysses

Mon 17 Aug 1846

Lord John Russells Whig administration decides not to interfere with internal or export markets for food

Sat 17 Aug 1822

Visit of George IV to Edinburgh began, orchestrated by Sir Walter Scott.

Wed 17 Aug 1791

Birth of Richard Lalor Sheil, dramatist and politician; first Catholic privy councillor, in Drumdowney, Co. Kilkenny

Thu 17 Aug 1786

Birth of Davy Crockett, American frontiersman and son of an Irishman

Tue 17 Aug 1779

William Corbet, United Irishman and soldier, is born in Ballythomas, Co. Cork

Thu 17 Aug 1741

George MacKenzie, Scottish patron of books, died.

Mon 17 Aug 1648

The Battle of Preston (17 August ? 19 August 1648), fought largely at Walton-le-Dale near Preston in Lancashire, resulted in a victory by the troops of Oliver Cromwell over the Royalists and Scots commanded by Hamilton. The Parliamentarian victory presage