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May 4th

Thu 04 May 1916

Edward Daly, Michael OHanrahan, William Pearse & Joseph Mary Plunkett are executed by firing squad in Kilmainham jail

Fri 04 May 1838

Charles Williams, war correspondent, is born in Coleraine, Co. Derry-Londonderry

Wed 04 May 1836

The Ancient Order of Hibernians in America is founded in New York City

Sat 04 May 1782

Second and third Catholic Relief Acts (4 May, 27 July) allow Catholics to own land outside parliamentary boroughs, to be teachers, and to act as guardians

Sat 04 May 1782

Acts establish the Bank of Ireland, and validates marriages by Presbyterian ministers

Tue 04 May 1773

Art Ó Laoghaire, is killed by soldiers near Millstreet, Co. Cork

Tue 04 May 1773

Thomas Burton (former MP for Ennis) met with the melancholy accident of being overturned in his chaise, by which he was killed on the spot

Sat 04 May 1715

Joseph Deane, Justice of Assize for Munster and MP for Co. Dublin, dies

Mon 04 May 1699

According to Jonathan Swifts book, Gullivers Travels, it was on this day that Lemuel Gulliver sets sail on board the Antelope from Bristol

Sat 04 May 1658

General George Monk proclaimed the Protectorate at Mercat Cross.

Thu 04 May 1645

Marquis of Montrose victorious at Battle of Auldearn

Thu 04 May 1471

Wars of the Roses, The Battle of Tewkesbury, Edward IV defeats a Lancastrian Army and kills Edward, Prince of Wales