This Day the 3rd of May in Irish History.
In the year: 1915
Birth in Galway of novelist Walter Macken
In the year: 1903
Bing Crosby, descendant of Irish immigrants, is born in Tacoma, Washington, as Harry Lillis Crosby
In the year: 1938
Birth of Robert O'Driscoll, writer and professor of English
In the year: 1921
IRA troops under Tom Maguire fight off 600 English troops in Tourmakeady, Co. Mayo
In the year: 1924
The world premiere of Sean O’Casey’s Juno And The Paycock took place at the Abbey Theatre
