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John Sheahan, fiddle player with the Dubliners, is born
May 19, 1939
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Sir Isaac Butt invents the term Home Rule
May 19, 1870
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Birth of Henry Dixon, botanist
May 19, 1869
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Máire Ni Aodáin (Mary Hayden), Irish historian, is born
May 19, 1862
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Standish Hayes O'Grady, scholar, is born in Castleconnell, Co. Limerick
May 19, 1832
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Anna Maria O'Dell, gives birth to a stillborn child in the Marshalsea debtors prison
May 19, 1821
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Lord Edward Fitzgerald, a leader of the United Irishmen, is betrayed by Francis Magan; is arrested and is shot while being apprehended
May 19, 1798
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James Boswell, Scottish biographer of Samuel Johnson- died.
May 19, 1795
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Death in Auchinleck of James Boswell, biographer of Dr Johnston.
May 19, 1795
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John Forster is unanimously elected Speaker of the House of Commons, replacing Alan Brodrick
May 19, 1710
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An Act by the British Parliament forbids the export of Irish wool
May 19, 1660