May

Beltaine (Cetshamain) feast of Celtic god Belenos

May 01

Beltane, also spelled Beltaine, is a Celtic festival that marks the beginning of the warmer season, usually observed around the first of May.

First Normans land in Ireland

May 01, 1169

In 1169 there occurred one of the most important events in the history of Ireland - the Norman invasion.

King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first Royal Charter

May 02, 1194

Edward Bruce, brother of King Robert the Bruce, crowned High King of All Ireland.

May 02, 1316

Sir Anthony Lucys campaign in Munster, Ireland ends on this date

May 02, 1332

King James I crowned at Scone.

May 02, 1424

Mary Queen of Scots escaped from Loch Leven castle.

May 02, 1568

Birth of Sir Richard Levinge, Tory politician and Speaker of the House of Commons

May 02, 1656

An Act on this date repeals tests imposed on Protestant Dissenters

May 02, 1788

United Irishman Archibald Rowan escapes from custody and eventually makes his way to America

May 02, 1794

John Jones, sculptor, is born in Dublin

May 02, 1806

Edith Oenonne Somerville, novelist, born

May 02, 1858