Home /calendar /october /October 01, 1796On October 01, 1796 in Celtic HistoryThe royal college of st. patrick. a catholic seminary, is opened in maynooth, co. kildareShare : More From This Daycalendar 1930Richard Harris, bornOctober 01, 1930calendar 1930Actor Richard Harris is born in LimerickOctober 01, 1930calendar 1911Statue of Charles Stewart Parnell is unveiled in DublinOctober 01, 1911calendar 1763Contract to construct the North Bridge, Edinburgh, signed.October 01, 1763calendar 1761In the climate of sectarian tension created partly by the Mathew-Maude controversy, the Whiteboys, a violent agrarian protest movement, begins in Tipperary and spreads through Munster and West LeinsterOctober 01, 1761calendar 1600Robert Grave, Church of Ireland Bishop of Ferns and Leighlin, and his family drown in Dublin Bay on their way home to Wexford by seaOctober 01, 1600calendar 1568The Bannatyne Manuscript, the most extensive collection of early Scottish poetry in existence, was published by George Bannatyne, an Edinburgh merchant.October 01, 1568calendar 1263Invasion of Scotland by Hakon King of Norway attacked on beaches by gathering Scottish forces beginning the Battle of the Largs.October 01, 1263
