May 13

Donald Dewar elected as First Minister of the new Scottish Parliament.

May 13, 1999

Alison Hargreave, became the first woman to climb Mount Everest solo and without oxygen

May 13, 1995

In a radio broadcast, Churchill accuses de Valeras government of frolicking with the Germans and Japanese

May 13, 1945

Dan Breen and Seán Treacy rescue their comrade Seán Hogan from a Dublin, Cork train at Knocklong, Co. Limerick

May 13, 1919

Samuel Beckett, is born in Foxrock, Co. Dublin

May 13, 1906

Birth of Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 7th Marquis Londonderry and unionist politician

May 13, 1878

Anna Catherine Parnell, is born in Avondale, Co. Wicklow

May 13, 1852

The Irish Confederation splits

May 13, 1848

Arthur Sullivan, the son of an Irish musician, is born

May 13, 1842

Alderman Exshaw, when he encounters a great number of people, leaping, wrestling, shouting, etc. in Merrion Square, Dublin,

May 13, 1787

Mary, Queen of Scots, defeated at Battle of Langside

May 13, 1568