Today In Celtic HistoryEdward Daly, Michael OHanrahan, William Pearse & Joseph Mary Plunkett are executed by firing squad in Kilmainham jailMay 04, 1916Charles Williams, war correspondent, is born in Coleraine, Co. Derry-LondonderryMay 04, 1838The Ancient Order of Hibernians in America is founded in New York CityMay 04, 1836Second and third Catholic Relief Acts (4 May, 27 July) allow Catholics to own land outside parliamentary boroughs, to be teachers, and to act as guardiansMay 04, 1782Acts establish the Bank of Ireland, and validates marriages by Presbyterian ministersMay 04, 1782Art Ó Laoghaire, is killed by soldiers near Millstreet, Co. CorkMay 04, 1773Thomas Burton (former MP for Ennis) met with the melancholy accident of being overturned in his chaise, by which he was killed on the spotMay 04, 1773Joseph Deane, Justice of Assize for Munster and MP for Co. Dublin, diesMay 04, 1715According to Jonathan Swifts book, Gullivers Travels, it was on this day that Lemuel Gulliver sets sail on board the Antelope from BristolMay 04, 1699General George Monk proclaimed the Protectorate at Mercat Cross.May 04, 1658Marquis of Montrose victorious at Battle of AuldearnMay 04, 1645The Battle of Auldearn, an engagement of the Scottish Civil War, took place on May 09, 1645, near the village of Auldearn in Nairnshire. After plundering Dundee …Wars of the Roses, The Battle of Tewkesbury, Edward IV defeats a Lancastrian Army and kills Edward, Prince of WalesMay 04, 1471
Edward Daly, Michael OHanrahan, William Pearse & Joseph Mary Plunkett are executed by firing squad in Kilmainham jailMay 04, 1916
Second and third Catholic Relief Acts (4 May, 27 July) allow Catholics to own land outside parliamentary boroughs, to be teachers, and to act as guardiansMay 04, 1782
Thomas Burton (former MP for Ennis) met with the melancholy accident of being overturned in his chaise, by which he was killed on the spotMay 04, 1773
According to Jonathan Swifts book, Gullivers Travels, it was on this day that Lemuel Gulliver sets sail on board the Antelope from BristolMay 04, 1699
Marquis of Montrose victorious at Battle of AuldearnMay 04, 1645The Battle of Auldearn, an engagement of the Scottish Civil War, took place on May 09, 1645, near the village of Auldearn in Nairnshire. After plundering Dundee …
Wars of the Roses, The Battle of Tewkesbury, Edward IV defeats a Lancastrian Army and kills Edward, Prince of WalesMay 04, 1471
