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The British Government recognizes the Republic of Ireland
May 17, 1949
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The Marquess of Bute sold half of the city of Cardiff for £20 million, at that time the biggest-ever British property deal
May 17, 1938
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General French, acts on mistaken information that Sinn Féin is implicated in a pro-German plot and has most of the leaders arrested
May 17, 1917
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Maureen O'Sullivan Boyle, born in Roscommon
May 17, 1911
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Birth of Vincent Barry, organic chemist, in Cork
May 17, 1908
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Charles Stewart Parnell is elected Chairman of the Irish Parliamentary Party
May 17, 1880
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David Octavius Hill, painter and pioneer photographer, died.
May 17, 1870
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Shan Bullock, novelist, is born in Crom, Co. Fermanagh
May 17, 1865
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Timothy Michael Healy, Irish politicians, born in Bantry, Co. Cork
May 17, 1855
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Robert Tannahill, Scottish song writer, died
May 17, 1810
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Elizabeth, widow of William Molyneux, marries Nathaniel St Andre, a Swiss surgeon
May 17, 1730
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Cromwells army is defeated in the second assault on Clonmel, suffering its heaviest losses
May 17, 1650
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King James V established paid judges to sit as the Court of Session
May 17, 1532