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Real Madrid beat Eintracht-Frankfur wins the European Cup for 5th Time
May 18, 1960
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The first aircraft lands at the newly opened Rineanna Airfield which is later to become Shannon International Airport
May 18, 1939
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Cosmo cinema in Rose Street, Glasgow opened its doors for the first time
May 18, 1939
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Standish O'Grady, on the Isle of Wight, died
May 18, 1928
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Oscar Wilde is released from prison; he goes to live in France
May 18, 1897
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The first Irish Music Festival is held in Dublin
May 18, 1897
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The City and Suburban Ground now known as Croke Park, hosts a soccer match for the first time
May 18, 1896
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James Fagan, actor, producer and playwright, is born in Belfast
May 18, 1873
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Break up of Church of Scotland and formation of Free Church of Scotland
May 18, 1843
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The House of Lords rejects the Catholic Emancipation Bill which would disenfranchise Irish forty-shilling free-holders and put clergy on state salaries
May 18, 1825
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The 2nd Earl of Kingston is tried amid great pomp by the Irish House of Lords for the murder of Colonel Henry FitzGerald
May 18, 1798
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James Is Irish parliament opens in Dublin
May 18, 1613
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John de Stanley is told that he is to be replaced as lieutenant by Thomas of Lancaster
May 18, 1401
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Robert the Bruce lands on Isle of Mann to wrest it from English Rule.
May 18, 1313