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Eamon de Valera is returned as Taoiseach
May 30, 1944
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Death of Michael Davitt, Father of the Irish Land League.
May 30, 1906
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Death of Thomas Chalmers, first Moderator of the Free Church of Scotland.
May 30, 1847
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Daniel OConnell is fined and sentenced to 12 months in prison for conspiracy
May 30, 1844
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Micheal William Balfe, one of Ireland’s greatest composers, gives his first public performance, aged nine
May 30, 1817
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William Congreve Alcock and John Colclough, fight a duel in front of the county sheriff
May 30, 1807
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Following the massacre of Kingsboroughs militiamen and yeomanry at Oulart on 27 May, rebels capture Enniscorthy and Wexford town
May 30, 1798
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Belfasts first Catholic church, St. Marys, opens for public worship
May 30, 1784
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Birth of Charles Stuart who will become Charles II of Great Britain and Ireland
May 30, 1630
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David Beaton, Archbishop of St Andrews, assassinated.
May 30, 1546
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Claimants to the Scottish throne met King Edward I of England at Norham on Tweed to resolve succession.
May 30, 1291
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Reginald II, King of Isle of Mann, assassinated.
May 30, 1249