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- Roddy McCorley: history and remembrance
- Ethna Carbery: Anna Johnston, poet and writer
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- the house of labhran
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- Tallahassee Highland Games 2025 - The Musicians
Celtic History
October 11, 2026 · On this day in Celtic History
- Brian O Nolan (Flann OBrien Myles na g Copaleen) - Irish writer born
- Birth of writer Brian ONolan aka Myles na gCopaleen and perhaps better known
- The British fleet, defeated the Dutch off the village of Camperdown, Holland
- Birth of James Barry, painter, in Cork
- Wallace and Moray Declare Scotland’s Victory to Lubeck and Hamburg
- Ship Great Michael launched for King James IV.
- The Irish Constitution for the Free State, drafted by the Thomas Cosgrove Dáil,
- Massacre at Wexford when the town falls to Cromwell
- Anglo-Irish negotiations open with Griffith and Collins leading the Irish delegation
- Scotlands first First Minister Donald Dewar died suddenly after a fall on the
Bagpipe History
Notable pipers and milestones in piping history from Today in Celtic History.
- John Davie Burgess, King of the Highland Pipers, died at age 71.
- The Highland Dress Proscription Act Repealed
- Captain Ian C. Cameron, a bagpiper, composer, and author dies, Edinburgh
- Bagpiper John Wilson dies, Willowdale, Ontario
- Celebration of Tartan Day approved by the US Senate
- Act of Proscription
- Bagpiper Pipe Major Willie MacLean, 5th Cameron (Lochiel) Highlanders, dies
- Muirhead & Sons Pipe Band officially disbands on their 50th anniversary, 1978