may 19th

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History

John Sheahan, fiddle player with the Dubliners, is born

May 19, 1939

History

Sir Isaac Butt invents the term Home Rule

May 19, 1870

History

Birth of Henry Dixon, botanist

May 19, 1869

History

Máire Ni Aodáin (Mary Hayden), Irish historian, is born

May 19, 1862

History

Standish Hayes O'Grady, scholar, is born in Castleconnell, Co. Limerick

May 19, 1832

History

Anna Maria O'dell, the 2nd wife of William O'dell gives birth to a stillborn child in the Marshalsea debtors prison, where she had accompanied her husband

May 19, 1821

History

Lord Edward Fitzgerald, a leader of the United Irishmen, is betrayed by Francis Magan; is arrested and is shot while being apprehended

May 19, 1798

History

James Boswell, Scottish biographer of Samuel Johnson- died.

May 19, 1795

History

Death in Auchinleck of James Boswell, biographer of Dr Johnston.

May 19, 1795

History

John Forster is unanimously elected Speaker of the House of Commons, replacing Alan Brodrick

May 19, 1710

History

An Act by the British Parliament forbids the export of Irish wool

May 19, 1660