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On May 03, 1916 in Celtic History

Patrick pearse, thomas clarke and thomas MAC donagh executed by firing squad in kilmainham jail

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    calendar 1926

    General Strike began at midnight, the first in British history

    May 03, 1926

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    calendar 1921

    IRA troops under Tom Maguire fight off 600 English troops in Tourmakeady, Co. Mayo

    May 03, 1921

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    calendar 1915

    Walter Macken, novelist, born in Galway

    May 03, 1915

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    calendar 1903

    Bing Crosby, descendant of Irish immigrants, is born in Tacoma, Washington

    May 03, 1903

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    calendar 1814

    Welsh Thomas Coke, a Methodist cleric and missionary, died

    May 03, 1814

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    calendar 1785

    The Irish Academy, later to become the Royal Irish Academy, meets for the first time

    May 03, 1785

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    calendar 1714

    Sir Wentworth Harman, MP for Lanesborough, dies

    May 03, 1714

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    calendar 1557

    John Knox began the Reformation in Scotland.

    May 03, 1557