May 27

May 27, 1936

Aer Lingus opens routes to Bristol and London

May 27, 1936

Maiden voyage of liner Queen Mary.

May 27, 1887

Anti-Tithe Riot, Llangwm, Wales

May 27, 1877

Hanna Sheehy Skeffington is born in Co. Limerick

May 27, 1798

Wexford rebels massacre Kingsboroughs militiamen and yeomanry at Oulart

May 27, 1648

Giovanni Rinuccini, excommunicates adherents of the truce between confederates and Inchiquin

May 27, 1595

Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, defeats the English forces of his brother-in-law, Sir Henry Bagenal, at the Battle of Clontibret, Co. Monaghan

May 27, 1224

Cathal Crovderg O'Connor, king of Connacht and brother of Rory O'Connor, dies