Events for September 23September 23, 1678The Earl of Mar was commissioned to raise a regiment nicknamed Earl of Mars Gray Breeks which later became the Royal Scots Fusiliers.Read MoreSeptember 23, 1586At the battle of Ardnaree in Co. Mayo, Sir Richard Bingham, governor of Connacht, surprises a force of redshanks (Scottish mercenary light infantrymen) engaged by the Burkes of Mayo; 1,000 redshanks and 1,000 camp followers are killed. Bingham hangs the lRead MoreSeptember 23, 0704Death of St Adamnan, biographer of St Columba.Read MoreSeptember 23, 1798Second Battle of Killala. Final surrender of combined French and Irish forces to the EnglishRead More
