Today on Celtic History on

May 8th

Tue 08 May 1945

Victory-in-Europe Day, end of World War II in Europe

Wed 08 May 1935

Jack Charlton, footballer and manager, born

Mon 08 May 1916

Irish patriots, Michael Mallin, Eamonn Ceannt, Cornelius Con Colbert and Sean Heuston are executed in Kilmainham gaol

Mon 08 May 1899

The first production of the Irish Literary Theatre, The Countess Cathleen is performed

Thu 08 May 1879

Sir William Wheeler, surgeon, is born in Dublin

Sun 08 May 1796

John Pitt Kennedy, civil engineer; road and railway pioneer in India, is born in Carndonagh, Co. Donegal

Sun 08 May 1701

Scottish born pirate Captain William Kidd, tried for piracy at Londons Old Bailey

Thu 08 May 1597

Execution of Fiach MacHugh O’Byrne

Mon 08 May 1567

Shane O'Neills army crosses the Swilly estuary at Farsetmore, and is defeated in a pitched battle by Hugh O'Donnell