Today on Celtic History on

May 5th

Thu 05 May 1977

Bobby Sands dies at Long Kesh prison on the 66th day of his hunger strike

Fri 05 May 1916

Irish patriot and a leader of the 1916 Easter Uprising, John MacBride, is executed by firing squad in Kilmainham Gaol

Thu 05 May 1881

Richard Downey (youngest ever Catholic archbishop in 1928, who reduces his weight from 18 stone to 9 stone in the 1930s) is born in Kilkenny

Thu 05 May 1864

Birth in Edgeworthstown, Co. Longford of Sir Henry Wilson, soldier; chief of the Imperial General Staff from 1918 to 1922; establishes British Intelligence Cairo Gang in Dublin

Tue 05 May 1795

House of Commons rejects Grattans Catholic relief bill

Fri 05 May 1758

James Taylor who developed the steamboat was born.

Sat 05 May 1646

King Charles I surrenders to Lord Leven and was later passed to the Parliamentary forces.