Posted by Murrisk on May 01, 2001 at 05:31:12:
May 3, 1916 - Thomas Clarke, Thomas MacDonagh, Padraig Pearse.
May 4, 1916 - Michael O'Hanrahan, Willie Pearse, Edward Daly, Joseph
Plunkett.
May 5, 1916 - John MacBride.
May 8, 1916 - Michael Mallin, Con Colbert, Séan Heuston, Eamonn Ceannt.
May 9, 1916 - Thomas Kent.
May 12, 1916 - James Connolly, Séan MacDiarmada.
May 16,1926 - Fianna Fáil party founded.
May 31, 1941 - German planes bomb the North Strand. 34 killed,90 injured, 300 houses destroyed.
May 13, 1945 - Churchill's victory speech at end of WWII.
May 3, 1953 - Gael Linn founded.
May 6, 1970 - Charles Haughey and Neil Blaney dismissed from government by Jack Lynch.
May 28, 1970 - Charles Haughey and Neil Blaney charged with illegal importation of arms for the I.R.A.
May 11, 1971 - Séan Lemass died.
May 26, 1972 - special criminal courts set up in Northern Ireland.
May 29, 1972 - Official I.R.A. suspended operations in Northern Ireland.
May 30, 1973 - Erskine Childers elected president.