Today on Celtic History on

May 17th

Tue 17 May 1949

The British Government recognizes the Republic of Ireland

Tue 17 May 1938

The Marquess of Bute sold half of the city of Cardiff for £20 million, at that time the biggest-ever British property deal

Thu 17 May 1917

A new military viceroy, General French, acts on mistaken information that Sinn Féin is implicated in a pro-German plot and has most of the leaders arrested

Wed 17 May 1911

Maureen O'Sullivan Boyle, born in Roscommon

Sun 17 May 1908

Birth of Vincent Barry, organic chemist, in Cork

Mon 17 May 1880

Charles Stewart Parnell is elected Chairman of the Irish Parliamentary Party

Tue 17 May 1870

David Octavius Hill, painter and pioneer photographer, died.

Wed 17 May 1865

Shan Bullock, novelist, is born in Crom, Co. Fermanagh

Thu 17 May 1855

Timothy Michael Healy, Irish politicians, born in Bantry, Co. Cork

Thu 17 May 1810

Robert Tannahill, Scottish song writer, died

Wed 17 May 1730

Elizabeth, widow of William Molyneux, marries Nathaniel St Andre, a Swiss surgeon

Tue 17 May 1650

Cromwells army is defeated in the second assault on Clonmel, suffering its heaviest losses

Tue 17 May 1532

King James V established paid judges to sit as the Court of Session