Home /calendar /may /May 19, 1710On May 19, 1710 in Celtic HistoryJohn forster is unanimously elected speaker of the house of commons, replacing alan brodrickShare : More From This Daycalendar 1939John Sheahan, fiddle player with the Dubliners, is bornMay 19, 1939calendar 1870Sir Isaac Butt invents the term Home RuleMay 19, 1870calendar 1869Birth of Henry Dixon, botanistMay 19, 1869calendar 1862Máire Ni Aodáin (Mary Hayden), Irish historian, is bornMay 19, 1862calendar 1832Standish Hayes O'Grady, scholar, is born in Castleconnell, Co. LimerickMay 19, 1832calendar 1821Anna Maria O'dell, the 2nd wife of William O'dell gives birth to a stillborn child in the Marshalsea debtors prison, where she had accompanied her husbandMay 19, 1821calendar 1798Lord Edward Fitzgerald, a leader of the United Irishmen, is betrayed by Francis Magan; is arrested and is shot while being apprehendedMay 19, 1798calendar 1795James Boswell, Scottish biographer of Samuel Johnson- died.May 19, 1795calendar 1795Death in Auchinleck of James Boswell, biographer of Dr Johnston.May 19, 1795calendar 1660An Act by the British Parliament forbids the export of Irish woolMay 19, 1660
