may 22nd

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History

Death of Augusta Persse, better known as Lady Augusta Gregory, Irish dramatist, folklorist and theatre director; also a co-founder of the Abbey Theatre

May 22, 1932

History

Birth of Oliver J. Flanagan, Fine Gael politician

May 22, 1920

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Britains worst train disaster at Quintinshill (near Gretna Green) in which three trains collided, with the loss of, 227 lives. A troop train carrying the Seventh Royal Scots Regiment hit a staionary train and the night express from London then hit the wr

May 22, 1915

History

Birth of Eva Gore-Booth, poet, trade unionist and feminist, on the Lissadell Estate in Co. Sligo

May 22, 1870

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Jack White, journalist and author, is born in Cork

May 22, 1879

History

Sir Conan Doyle, Scottish author - born

May 22, 1859

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Birth in Edinburgh of Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes. Doyle was the eldest son of 10 siblings born to Irish parents Charles Doyle and Mary Foley

May 22, 1859

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, author of Sherlock Holmes, born of Irish parents in Edinburgh.

May 22, 1859

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Novelist, Maria Edgeworth, dies in Mostrim, Co. Longford. She is laid to rest in a vault at Edgeworthstown Church. The Great Famine which decimates the people she loves mars her last years. Even though in her late seventies, she worked strenuously for the

May 22, 1849

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Michael Doheny, poet and Young Irelander, is born near Fethard, Co. Tipperary

May 22, 1805

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King James VI introduced the title baronet for the first time. This is the lowest hereditary titled order.

May 22, 1611