Home /calendar /may /May 05, 1646On May 05, 1646 in Celtic HistoryKing charles i surrenders to lord leven and was later passed to the parliamentary forces.Share : More From This Daycalendar 1977Bobby Sands dies at Long Kesh prison on the 66th day of his hunger strikeMay 05, 1977calendar 1916Irish patriot and a leader of the 1916 Easter Uprising, John MacBride, is executed by firing squad in Kilmainham GaolMay 05, 1916calendar 1881Richard Downey (youngest ever Catholic archbishop in 1928, who reduces his weight from 18 stone to 9 stone in the 1930s) is born in KilkennyMay 05, 1881calendar 1864Birth in Edgeworthstown, Co. Longford of Sir Henry Wilson, soldier; chief of the Imperial General Staff from 1918 to 1922; establishes British Intelligence Cairo Gang in DublinMay 05, 1864calendar 1795House of Commons rejects Grattans Catholic relief billMay 05, 1795calendar 1758James Taylor who developed the steamboat was born.May 05, 1758
