May 05

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

May 5, 1977

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

May 5, 1916

Richard Downey, is born in Kilkenny

May 5, 1881

Birth in Edgeworthstown, Co. Longford of Sir Henry Wilson

May 5, 1864

House of Commons rejects Grattans Catholic relief bill

May 5, 1795

James Taylor who developed the steamboat was born.

May 5, 1758

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

May 5, 1646