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Victory-in-Europe Day, end of World War II in Europe
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Jack Charlton, footballer and manager, born
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Irish patriots, Michael Mallin, Eamonn Ceannt, Cornelius Con Colbert and Sean Heuston are executed in Kilmainham gaol
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The first production of the Irish Literary Theatre, The Countess Cathleen is performed
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Sir William Wheeler, surgeon, is born in Dublin
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John Pitt Kennedy, civil engineer; road and railway pioneer in India, is born in Carndonagh, Co. Donegal
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Scottish born pirate Captain William Kidd, tried for piracy at Londons Old Bailey
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Execution of Fiach MacHugh O’Byrne
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Shane O'Neills army crosses the Swilly estuary at Farsetmore, and is defeated in a pitched battle by Hugh O'Donnell
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