Today on Celtic History on

May 7th

Fri 07 May 1915

The Lusitania is sunk by a German U-boat off the Old Head of Kinsale, Co. Cork with the loss of more than 1,100 lives

Mon 07 May 1906

Henry Gray Graham, author of Social Life of Scotland in the 18th Century, died

Wed 07 May 1890

James Naysmith, engineer and inventor of steam hammer, died

Sun 07 May 1865

John MacBride, revolutionary, is born in Westport, Co. Mayo

Mon 07 May 1838

Charles Owen O'Conor, politician, is born in Dublin

Sun 07 May 1741

Anthony Tanner, perpetual curate for Holmpatrick, is murdered near Rush, Co. Dublin

Tue 07 May 1720

James Cotter is executed for high treason in supporting the Jacobite cause

Thu 07 May 1716

John Medcalf, previously dismissed as Church of Ireland curate of Powerscourt for conducting clandestine marriages, is excommunicated

Sat 07 May 1689

James II arrives from exile in France and addresses the Irish Parliament

Sun 07 May 1544

Earl of Hereford invaded Scotland on behalf of Henry VIII