May

Eamon de Valera founds Fianna Fáil and holds its first public meeting

May 16, 1926

A Reserve established by Oglaigh na hÉireann, the Irish Defence Forces

May 16, 1927

Eamon de Valera responds to Churchills victory speech during which Churchill took one last jab at Irish neutrality

May 16, 1945

Pierce Brosnan, born in Navan, Co. Meath

May 16, 1952

Local Government (Scotland) Act (1974) came into force

May 16, 1975

British Steel announced the closure of the hot strip mill at Ravenscraig

May 16, 1990

James Boswell's, Life of Johnson, published

May 16, 2005

Brendan the Navigator, early Irish transatlantic voyager, died

May 16, 578

Saint Brendan of Clonfert or Bréanainn of Clonfert (c. 484 – c.

King James V established paid judges to sit as the Court of Session

May 17, 1532

Cromwells army is defeated in the second assault on Clonmel, suffering its heaviest losses

May 17, 1650

Elizabeth, widow of William Molyneux, marries Nathaniel St Andre, a Swiss surgeon

May 17, 1730

Robert Tannahill, Scottish song writer, died

May 17, 1810