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

May 17th , 1650

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calendar 1949

The British Government recognizes the Republic of Ireland

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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

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Maureen O'Sullivan Boyle, born in Roscommon

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Charles Stewart Parnell is elected Chairman of the Irish Parliamentary Party

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calendar 1870

David Octavius Hill, painter and pioneer photographer, died.

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calendar 1865

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

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calendar 1855

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

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Robert Tannahill, Scottish song writer, died

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