Today on Celtic History on

August 30th

Total Events: 14

Fri 30 Aug 1991

Liz McColgan won the World Athletics Championship, 10,000 metres in Tokyo by a margin of, 20 seconds.

Thu 30 Aug 1928

William Trevor, pseudonym of William Trevor Cox, short-story writer and novelist, is born in Mitchelstown, Co. Cork

Wed 30 Aug 1911

The Chamber of Commerce calls for Ireland to adopt Greenwich Mean Time — 25 minutes behind Irish Standard Time

Fri 30 Aug 1901

Scottish born Hubert Cecil Booth patented his design for a vacuum cleaner which sucked in the dust and retained it by means of a filter.

Mon 30 Aug 1875

National synod of Catholic bishops begins at Maynooth; they renew condemnation of Queens Colleges and condemn Trinity College

Sun 30 Aug 1874

Michael Banim, storywriter, dies; along with his brother and co-author John, he sought to create sympathetic, yet non-stereotypical Irish characters in his stories

Tue 30 Aug 1870

Birth of golf course designer Dr Alister Mackenzie; he was responsible for Augusta National and Cypress Point, among others.

Thu 30 Aug 1855

Birth of Feargus Edward O’Connor, Chartist leader

Mon 30 Aug 1841

The Cork Examiner, now The Irish Examiner, hits the streets for the first time

Wed 30 Aug 1820

James Wilson - Scottish patriot, died

Fri 30 Aug 1709

All registered Catholic priests in Ireland are required to renounce the claims of the Stuarts to the thrones of England and Ireland — only 33 out of 1,089 comply

Thu 30 Aug 1708

Penal Laws passed in 1695 restricting Catholics rights are strengthened for the second time

Wed 30 Aug 1690

First siege of Limerick ends

Sun 30 Aug 1559

Lord Sussex, is sworn in as Lord Deputy