An illustration of Captain Luke Ryan (1782).

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#OTD in Irish History – 24 May:

#OTD in 2015 – Irish voters make history in gay marriage referendum, becoming the first country to ask it’s electorate to legalise gay marriage.

#OTD in 1754 – Birth of Dr. William Drennan in Belfast; physician, poet, educationalist political radical and one of the chief architects of the Society of United Irishmen.

#OTD in 1798 – United Irish Rebellion begins in Wexford and in Leinster.

#OTD in 1798 – United Irish Rebellion begins in Wexford and in Leinster.

#OTD in Irish History – 23 May:

#OTD in 1932 – Death of Augusta Persse, better known as Lady Augusta Gregory.