May

Scottish born pirate Captain William Kidd, tried for piracy at Londons Old Bailey

May 08, 1701

William Captain Kidd: (January 22, 1654 – May 23, 1701) is often remembered in infamy as a cruel, bloody pirate.

John Pitt Kennedy, civil engineer; road and railway pioneer in India, is born in Carndonagh, Co. Donegal

May 08, 1796

Sir William Wheeler, surgeon, is born in Dublin

May 08, 1879

The first production of the Irish Literary Theatre, The Countess Cathleen is performed

May 08, 1899

Irish patriots, Michael Mallin, Eamonn Ceannt, Cornelius Con Colbert and Sean Heuston are executed in Kilmainham gaol

May 08, 1916

Jack Charlton, footballer and manager, born

May 08, 1935

Victory-in-Europe Day, end of World War II in Europe

May 08, 1945

Edmund Mortimer, 8th earl of Ulster, and heir presumptive to the throne of England, is appointed lieutenant

May 09, 1423

The Battle of Clonmel begins with the first of two assaults

May 09, 1650

Colonel Thomas Blood dresses as a clergyman and attempts to steal the British crown jewels from the Tower of London

May 09, 1671

Charles Chalmont is sent by Louis XIV to command the Irish army and arrives on this date

May 09, 1691

The Irish House of Lords expresses hope that union of Ireland and England will follow union of England and Scotland

May 09, 1709