May 05

May 05, 1977

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

May 05, 1916

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

May 05, 1881

Richard Downey, is born in Kilkenny

May 05, 1864

Birth in Edgeworthstown, Co. Longford of Sir Henry Wilson

May 05, 1795

House of Commons rejects Grattans Catholic relief bill

May 05, 1758

James Taylor who developed the steamboat was born.

May 05, 1646

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