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July 2, 1690 King James ll left Ireland for England.

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On July 1, 1681 St. Oliver Plunkett was hung, drawn and quartered in England.

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May 26, 1964- President Eamon de Valera began a state visit to US.  During his stay he addressed both houses of Congress and made a private visit to Jackie Kennedy.

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May 26, 1848 John Mitchel,Young Irelander, was convicted by a packed jury on a charge of treason, and sentenced to 14 yrs transportation.

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The Rising of 1798 began in Dublin on May 23 led by Wolfe Tone, Thomas Emmett and Edward Fitzgerald.  The rebellion was short lived and the last important battle took place at Vinegar Hill when the rebels faced the might of the British Army with pikes and axes.

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May 8, 1857 -The ‘Father of the Argentine Navy’ Wm. Brown from Co Mayo died in Argentina. He emigrated to the US where he was conscripted into the British navy and later settled in Argentina where he joined the fledging Argentine navy.  He defeated the Spanish in 1825 and when Brazil declared war on Argentina […]

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Forty-four  years ago in  May, General Charles deGaulle visited Ireland and paid homage to Daniel O’Connell when he went to Kerry.  He wrote in the visitor’s book: “In honor of the Liberator.”  His grandmother Josephine Maillot had written a biography of O’Connell.  DeGaulle’s Irish ancestry could be traced to Anthony McCartan who made his way […]

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May 7, 1915- Luisitania was sunk off the coast of Co Cork with the loss of 1,200 lives.  It had left New York on May 1 bound for Liverpool.  The German embassy had warned against Americans traveling on British ships and 118 Americans were among the dead when the ship sank after being hit by […]

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May 5, 1981.  Death of Bobby Sands on Hunger Strike after fasting 60 days.

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April 23rd marks the 1,000 anniversary of the Battle of Clontarf between Brian Boru and the King of Leinster.  Boru was killed, and after his death Ireland reverted to the fractious status quo between the many small separate kingdoms that had existed before Brian’s rise to power.

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