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Death of Augusta Persse, better known as Lady Augusta Gregory, Irish dramatist
May 22, 1932
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Birth of Oliver J. Flanagan, Fine Gael politician
May 22, 1920
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Britains worst train disaster at Quintinshill
May 22, 1915
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Jack White, journalist and author, is born in Cork
May 22, 1879
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Birth of Eva Gore-Booth, poet, trade unionist and feminist, on the Lissadell Estate in Co. Sligo
May 22, 1870
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Sir Conan Doyle, Scottish author - born
May 22, 1859
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Birth in Edinburgh of Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes
May 22, 1859
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, author of Sherlock Holmes, born of Irish parents in Edinburgh.
May 22, 1859
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Novelist, Maria Edgeworth, dies in Mostrim, Co. Longford
May 22, 1849
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Michael Doheny, poet and Young Irelander, is born near Fethard, Co. Tipperary
May 22, 1805
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King James VI introduced the title baronet for the first time. This is the lowest hereditary titled order.
May 22, 1611