May 08

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

May 8, 1945

Jack Charlton, footballer and manager, born

May 8, 1935

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

May 8, 1916

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

May 8, 1899

Sir William Wheeler, surgeon, is born in Dublin

May 8, 1879

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

May 8, 1796

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

May 8, 1701

Execution of Fiach MacHugh O’Byrne

May 8, 1597

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

May 8, 1567