Frank Patterson, tenor, is born in Clonmel, Co. Tipperary
October 5, 1938
Birth of Philip Berrigan - militant priest, Virginia, Minn
October 5, 1923
Birth of Brian O’Nolan, aka Flann O’Brien and Myles na gCopaleen in Strabane, Co. Tyrone
October 5, 1911
New York Gaelic Society is formed
October 5, 1878
Leslie Montgomery, comic writer under the pseudonym Lynn C. Doyle, is born in in Downpatrick, Co. Down
October 5, 1873
Balloon flight by Italian aeronaut Vincenzo Lunardi from Heriots School, Edinburgh to Ceres in Fife.
October 5, 1785
Battle of the Largs
October 5, 1283