June 5, 1798The Reverend William Steel Dickson, a Presbyterian Minister and United Irishmen Supporter Is Arrested and Imprisoned Without Trial
June 5, 1880Birth in Dublin of William Thomas Cosgrave, the First President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State
June 5, 1899Margaret Anne Cusack (Sister Mary Francis Clare), the Nun of Kenmare, Dies in Leamington, Warwickshire, England
June 5, 1916HMS Hampshire Sank Off Orkney After Striking a Mine. Lord Kitchener, Conqueror of Sudan, Was Drowned.
June 5, 1920Cornelius Ryan, War Correspondent and Author of the Longest Day, the Last Battle and a Bridge Too Far, Is Born in Dublin