May

Earl of Hereford invaded Scotland on behalf of Henry VIII

May 07, 1544

The Rough Wooing refers to a time when England advanced her territorial ambitions through a proposed marriage between the young Mary, Queen of Scotland, and Edward, the English Prince of Wales, son of …

James II arrives from exile in France and addresses the Irish Parliament

May 07, 1689

John Medcalf, previously dismissed as Church of Ireland curate of Powerscourt for conducting clandestine marriages, is excommunicated

May 07, 1716

James Cotter is executed for high treason in supporting the Jacobite cause

May 07, 1720

Anthony Tanner, perpetual curate for Holmpatrick, is murdered near Rush, Co. Dublin

May 07, 1741

Charles Owen O'Conor, politician, is born in Dublin

May 07, 1838

John MacBride, revolutionary, is born in Westport, Co. Mayo

May 07, 1865

James Naysmith, engineer and inventor of steam hammer, died

May 07, 1890

Henry Gray Graham, author of Social Life of Scotland in the 18th Century, died

May 07, 1906

The Lusitania is sunk by a German U-boat off the Old Head of Kinsale, Co. Cork with the loss of more than 1,100 lives

May 07, 1915

Shane O'Neills army crosses the Swilly estuary at Farsetmore, and is defeated in a pitched battle by Hugh O'Donnell

May 08, 1567

Execution of Fiach MacHugh O’Byrne

May 08, 1597