may 5th

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History

Bobby Sands dies at Long Kesh prison on the 66th day of his hunger strike

May 05, 1977

History

Irish patriot and a leader of the 1916 Easter Uprising, John MacBride, is executed by firing squad in Kilmainham Gaol

May 05, 1916

History

Richard Downey (youngest ever Catholic archbishop in 1928, who reduces his weight from 18 stone to 9 stone in the 1930s) is born in Kilkenny

May 05, 1881

History

Birth in Edgeworthstown, Co. Longford of Sir Henry Wilson, soldier; chief of the Imperial General Staff from 1918 to 1922; establishes British Intelligence Cairo Gang in Dublin

May 05, 1864

History

House of Commons rejects Grattans Catholic relief bill

May 05, 1795

History

James Taylor who developed the steamboat was born.

May 05, 1758

History

King Charles I surrenders to Lord Leven and was later passed to the Parliamentary forces.

May 05, 1646