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On May 17, 1870 in Celtic History

David octavius hill, painter and pioneer photographer, died.

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    The British Government recognizes the Republic of Ireland

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

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    calendar 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

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    calendar 1911

    Maureen O'Sullivan Boyle, born in Roscommon

    May 17, 1911

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    calendar 1908

    Birth of Vincent Barry, organic chemist, in Cork

    May 17, 1908

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    calendar 1880

    Charles Stewart Parnell is elected Chairman of the Irish Parliamentary Party

    May 17, 1880

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    calendar 1865

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

    May 17, 1865

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    calendar 1855

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

    May 17, 1855

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    calendar 1810

    Robert Tannahill, Scottish song writer, died

    May 17, 1810

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    calendar 1730

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

    May 17, 1730

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    calendar 1650

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

    May 17, 1650

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    calendar 1532

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

    May 17, 1532