May 08

May 08, 1945

Victory-in-Europe Day, end of World War II in Europe

May 08, 1935

Jack Charlton, footballer and manager, born

May 08, 1916

Irish patriots, Michael Mallin, Eamonn Ceannt, Cornelius Con Colbert and Sean Heuston are executed in Kilmainham gaol

May 08, 1899

The first production of the Irish Literary Theatre, The Countess Cathleen is performed

May 08, 1879

Sir William Wheeler, surgeon, is born in Dublin

May 08, 1796

John Pitt Kennedy, civil engineer; road and railway pioneer in India, is born in Carndonagh, Co. Donegal

May 08, 1701

Scottish born pirate Captain William Kidd, tried for piracy at Londons Old Bailey

May 08, 1597

Execution of Fiach MacHugh O’Byrne

May 08, 1567

Shane O'Neills army crosses the Swilly estuary at Farsetmore, and is defeated in a pitched battle by Hugh O'Donnell