May 07

The Lusitania is sunk by a German U-boat off the Old Head of Kinsale, Co. Cork with the loss of more than 1,100 lives

May 7, 1915

Henry Gray Graham, author of Social Life of Scotland in the 18th Century, died

May 7, 1906

James Naysmith, engineer and inventor of steam hammer, died

May 7, 1890

John MacBride, revolutionary, is born in Westport, Co. Mayo

May 7, 1865

Charles Owen O'Conor, politician, is born in Dublin

May 7, 1838

Anthony Tanner, perpetual curate for Holmpatrick, is murdered near Rush, Co. Dublin

May 7, 1741

James Cotter is executed for high treason in supporting the Jacobite cause

May 7, 1720

John Medcalf, previously dismissed as Church of Ireland curate of Powerscourt for conducting clandestine marriages, is excommunicated

May 7, 1716

James II arrives from exile in France and addresses the Irish Parliament

May 7, 1689

Earl of Hereford invaded Scotland on behalf of Henry VIII

May 7, 1544