May

1st parliament for Northern Ireland is elected

May 24, 1921

Actress, Siobhan McKenna is born

May 24, 1923

William Trevor (Cox), prolific short story-writer and novelist is born in Mitchelstown, Co. Cork. He has written over 30 works including The Story of Lucy Gault which was short-listed for the 2002 Booker Prize

May 24, 1928

Actor and comedian Stanley Baxter born.

May 24, 1928

Stanley Livingstone Baxter (born 24 May 1926) is a Scottish actor, comedian, impressionist and author.

Rangers win the European Cup Winners Cup in Barcelona.

May 24, 1972

Irish Ally, Edward Bruce of Scotland, arrives in Ireland.

May 25, 1315

On May 25, 1315 Edward and his fleet (estimated at in excess of 6,000 men) landed on the Irish coast at points at and between Olderfleet Castle at Larne, and Glendrum.

Edward Bruce, brother of Robert Bruce, having been invited by some Gaelic chiefs, leads an expedition to Ireland with the aim of conquering it

May 25, 1315

On this date, May Eustace Sherlock, gentleman, petitions the Commons for relief from the great oppressions he lies under, by the undue practices and power of Maurice Annesley, a Justice of the Peace. Annesley is an MP. The ensuing complicated legal case

May 25, 1705

John Stuart, Earl of Bute, Britains first Scottish Prime Minister, born.

May 25, 1713

First circulating library opened in Edinburgh.

May 25, 1726

Lord John Allen (3rd Viscount Allen), former MP for Carysfort, dies of a fever caused from cuts to his fingers inflicted by the sword of a dragoon

May 25, 1745

Henry Montgomery, the leading Unitarian protagonist, leads a secession of Non-subscribers from the General Synod which establishes the Remonstrant Synod of Ulster

May 25, 1830