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The Lusitania is sunk by a German U-boat off the Old Head of Kinsale, Co. Cork with the loss of more than 1,100 lives
May 7, 1915
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Henry Gray Graham, author of Social Life of Scotland in the 18th Century, died
May 7, 1906
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James Naysmith, engineer and inventor of steam hammer, died
May 7, 1890
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John MacBride, revolutionary, is born in Westport, Co. Mayo
May 7, 1865
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Charles Owen O'Conor, politician, is born in Dublin
May 7, 1838
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Anthony Tanner, perpetual curate for Holmpatrick, is murdered near Rush, Co. Dublin
May 7, 1741
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James Cotter is executed for high treason in supporting the Jacobite cause
May 7, 1720
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John Medcalf, previously dismissed as Church of Ireland curate of Powerscourt for conducting clandestine marriages, is excommunicated
May 7, 1716
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James II arrives from exile in France and addresses the Irish Parliament
May 7, 1689
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Earl of Hereford invaded Scotland on behalf of Henry VIII
May 7, 1544