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Today in Celtic History !
Fosters Corn Law regulates the corn trade
May 14, 1784
Hall Caine, a Manx novelist is born.
May 14, 1853
Sir Hall Caine (May 14, 1853 - August 31, 1931) was a British novelist and playwright born Thomas Henry Hall Caine at Runcorn, Cheshire, England and educated in Liverpool.
Tomorrow in Celtic History
- May 15, 1395 - Richard II returns to England on this date, confident that Gaelic Irish power has been checked
- May 15, 1567 - Mary, Queen of Scots, married Earl of Bothwell at, 4am.
- May 15, 1600 - Sent by Queen Elizabeth to quell the rumblings of discontent in Ulster, Sir Henry Docwra lands at Culmore with a force of 4000 foot and 200 horse soldiers; modern Derry is thereby founded
- May 15, 1621 - Sir Henry Docwra is created Baron Docwra of Culmore
- May 15, 1732 - Sir John Blaquiere, Chief Secretary and politician, is born
- May 15, 1753 - Isaac Corry, opposition politician, Volunteer, and Chancellor of the Exchequer is born in Newry, Co. Down
- May 15, 1800 - King George III escaped two assassination attempts in one day
- May 15, 1808 - Michael Balfe, operatic composer, is born in Dublin
- May 15, 1829 - Newly Elected MP O'Connell presents himself at the bar of the House of Commons, but is asked to withdraw for refusing to take the Oath of Supremacy
- May 15, 1847 - Daniel O'Connell, The Liberator, dies in Genoa
- May 15, 1867 - Eoin MacNeill, Irish nationalist, born
- May 15, 1887 - Edwin Muir, Poet and critic, born
- May 15, 1940 - Proinsias de Rossa, politician and leader of Democratic Left, is born in Dublin