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#OnThisDay 1316 Edward Bruce was crowned High King of Ireland in Dundalk. Being a descendent of Aoife MacMurrogh, Bruce was invited by the Gaelic lords of Ulster as part of the First Sottish War of Independence & to drive the Anglo-Normans out of Ireland.

For more, read here: Historical Tables, 58 B.C.–A.D. 1965 https://books.google.ie/books?id=RJBaCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA70&lpg=PA70&dq=2+may+1316+edward+bruce+crowned&source=bl&ots=URBgpeBgW8&sig=ACfU3U3cdoy6ov1J08A5Fx9p0RxP9MzGpQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjJhfrr2JPpAhVPThUIHSxqAOsQ6AEwBXoECAsQAQ#v=onepage&q=2%20may%201316%20edward%20bruce%20crowned&f=false

#OnThisDay 1921 Lt. Denis Tuohy from Kenmare, Kerry died from wounds suffered in prison. Tuohy resigned from the RIC in 1918, joined the IRA & was Terence MacSwiney’s bodyguard. He became the intelligence officer of Crossroads Coy. 3rd Batt, No. 2 Kerry Brigade. He was captured, interrogated & tortured. He had been denied medical & religious rites by the British. An execution party was organised to cover up his death.

For more, read here: https://senatormarkdaly.org/celebration-of-the-life-of-lieutenant-denis-tuohy-and-his-comrades-who-fought-in-the-war-of-independence/

#OnThisDay 1916 The Enniscorthy garrison lay down its’ arms having received confirmation of Pearse’s surrender order. They had amassed 1,000 Volunteers but not much fighting took place. Some Volunteers were armed with pikes like the Croppy Boys of 1798. The British Army in response also gathered an army of 1,000 men with artillery and a naval gun at Wexford Town. Seizing the town was the most significant rebel action outside of Dublin.

#OnThisDay 1887 Sir Alan Gordon Cunningham was born in Rathmines, Dublin. He fought in #WW1, then during #WW2 his defeat of the Italian army in east Africa saw the taking of 50,000 prisoners for 500 losses of his own men. His older brother, Andrew, was Admiral of the Fleet.

#OnThisDay 1169 The Normans first landed on Bannow Bay, Co. Wexford. This contingent led by Robert FitzStephen to reinstate Dermot MacMurrogh to his Leinster kingdom. They quickly took Wexford & when reinforcements came, Waterford & Dublin.
One could argue that the Normans or Cambro-Normans were more French than English, but at the end of the day, an English pope gave the King of England permission to invade Ireland.
The rest is, as they say, (Irish) history.