May 3: TODAY in Irish History:
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Today in Irish History: Curated by Conor Cunneen IrishmanSpeaks
Chicago Motivational Humorous Business Speaker, Author and History buff. 
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ON THIS DAY
1903: Bing Crosby (1977) is born to second generation Irish American mother in Tacoma, Washington.
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Bing Crosby
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See Bing Crosby: A Pocketful of Dreams
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1916: First of the 1916 rebels are executed after being found guilty of taking part “in an armed rebellion . . . for the purposes of assisting the enemy,” a mis-characterization of their motives. Executed on this day were:
Thomas James Clarke who fought in the GPO. A number of the 1916 leaders were not Irish born. Most notably De Valera (United States) and Clarke who was born the Isle of Wight in 1857. Clarke’s father served in the British army. While in American, Clarke joined Clann na nGael. IN 1883, he was sentenced to fifteen years of penal servitude for his role in a bombing campaign in London. Clarke was the first signatory of the Proclamation of Independence through deference to his seniority, Clarke was with the group that occupied the G. P. O. He was executed on 3 May 1916.
Thomas MacDonagh. The Tipperary born McDonagh was a teacher and founder of St. Enda’s (Coláiste Éanna )School with Patrick Pearse. A creative mind, his play When the Dawn is Come was produced at the Abbey theatre. He was commander of the Second Battalion of Volunteers that occupied Jacob’s biscuit factory and surrounding houses during the Rising.
Thomas McDonagh
Patrick Pearse: Dublin born(1879) Pearse graduated from the Royal University in 1901 with a degree in Arts and Law. A strong believer in education he founded two schools, Coláiste Éanna and Coláiste Íde, where teaching was through the Irish language. Pearse was a founder member of the Irish Volunteers, and the primary author of the Proclamation of Independence. During the Rising, he fought in the GPO and was Commander in Chief of the rebel forces
Patrick Pearse
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READ: Royal Commission on the Rebellion in Ireland 1916
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1927: Ernest Ball (b 1878), composer of the music for When Irish Eyes are Smiling and Mother Machree dies. Although not Irish, his songs were hugely successful at the time and still bring a tear to many an emotional Irish heart. John McCormack’s recording of Mother Machree reached #1 on the Billboard charts in 1911. He wrote When Irish Eyes are Smiling in 1912 and a recording of the song by Chauncey Olcott reached #1 on Billboard charts the following year.
Ball’s other compositions included A Little Bit of Heaven. For more information See Songwriters Hall of Fame.
Ernest Ball 1878-1927
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