Home /calendar /june /June 29, 1771On June 29, 1771 in Celtic HistoryBirth of edward newell, united irishman and informer, in downpatrick, co. downShare : More From This Daycalendar 2005John Davie Burgess, King of the Highland Pipers, died at age 71.June 29, 2005calendar 1924Joss Lynam, mountaineer, is born in LondonJune 29, 1924calendar 1920In response to Anglo-Irish anxiety concerning their role in a future Ireland, the Dáil Éireann issues a resolution endeavoring to stem land-grabbing and to shift focus to clearing out the foreign invaderJune 29, 1920calendar 1916Roger Casement is convicted of treason and sentenced to deathJune 29, 1916calendar 1915Jeremiah ODonovan Rossna, Fenian leader, dies in the U.S.June 29, 1915calendar 1848A gunfight takes place between Young Ireland Rebels and police at Widow McCormacks house in Ballingarry, TipperaryJune 29, 1848calendar 1820The Dublin Society becomes the Royal Dublin SocietyJune 29, 1820calendar 1820Robert Jocelyn, 2nd Earl Roden, former MP for Dundalk and a leader of the Orange Order, is alleged to have led an attack on Catholic homes in Dundalk. He is struck off the Commission of the Peace and ordered to be brought to trial, but flees to Edinburgh,June 29, 1820calendar 1810Robert Williams, Celtic scholar from Wales, author of Dictionary of the Ancient Celtic Language of Cornwall - bornJune 29, 1810
