First circulating library opened in edinburgh.

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calendar 1971

Invergordon aluminium works starts production.

May 25, 1971

calendar 1967

Celtic Football Club won European Cup.

May 25, 1967

calendar 1921

The Dublin brigade of the IRA attacks and sets fire to the Customs House; 120 of its men are captured and 11 are killed

May 25, 1921

calendar 1914

British House of Commons passes Irish Home Rule for the third time

May 25, 1914

calendar 1912

First issue of the weekly suffrage magazine, Irish Citizen, appears

May 25, 1912

calendar 1909

Oscar Slater found guilty of murder.

May 25, 1909

calendar 1903

Ewart Milne, poet, is born in Dublin

May 25, 1903

calendar 1900

John Hunt, expert on mediaeval art, is born in Limerick

May 25, 1900

calendar 1895

Oscar Wilde is sentenced to two years imprisonment for offences “against public decency”

May 25, 1895

calendar 1885

Gerald Boland, nationalist politician, is born in Manchester

May 25, 1885

calendar 1870

Irish Fenians raid Eccles Hill, Québec

May 25, 1870

calendar 1842

Birth on Valentia Island, Co. Kerry, of Helen Blackburn, early leader of the movement for the emancipation of women

May 25, 1842

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