May 22

Death of Augusta Persse, better known as Lady Augusta Gregory, Irish dramatist

May 22, 1932

Birth of Oliver J. Flanagan, Fine Gael politician

May 22, 1920

Britains worst train disaster at Quintinshill

May 22, 1915

Jack White, journalist and author, is born in Cork

May 22, 1879

Birth of Eva Gore-Booth, poet, trade unionist and feminist, on the Lissadell Estate in Co. Sligo

May 22, 1870

Sir Conan Doyle, Scottish author - born

May 22, 1859

Birth in Edinburgh of Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes

May 22, 1859

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, author of Sherlock Holmes, born of Irish parents in Edinburgh.

May 22, 1859

Novelist, Maria Edgeworth, dies in Mostrim, Co. Longford

May 22, 1849

Michael Doheny, poet and Young Irelander, is born near Fethard, Co. Tipperary

May 22, 1805

King James VI introduced the title baronet for the first time. This is the lowest hereditary titled order.

May 22, 1611