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On May 28, 1590 in Celtic History

Hugh o' neill, earl of tyrone, agrees to abandon further attempts at extending his territory in the north

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    Construction of the Kings Theatre in Edinburgh commences.

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    Oscar Wilde and Constance Lloyd are married

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    Seven church ministers of the Presbytery of Strathbogie were removed from their posts by the General assembly of the Church of Scotland for obeying civil rather than ecclesiastical law

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    In the first Battle of Enniscorthy, the rebels take the town

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    Father Murphy of Boolavogue, a priest who had been in dispute with his bishop and who had reluctantly stepped forward as leader, the Wexford insurgents, gaining strength as they advance, storm Enniscorthy

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    Thoams Moore, Irish poet and composer, born.

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    Poet and songwriter, Thomas Moore, is born in Dublin

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    Birth of James Fitzgerald, 20th Earl of Kildare; Duke of Leinster; politician and Lord Justice

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    William Molyneux, the fourteen-year old son of Sir Thomas Molyneux, is killed when a leaden image falls on him in a garden near Dublin

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