This Day the 2nd of May in Irish History.
In the year: 1970
Birth of soccer star, Steve Morrow
In the year: 1954
Soccer great, Sammy McIlroy, is born
In the year: 1982
The Irish government affirms its neutrality in the Falklands conflict between the UK and Argentina, and opposes EEC sanctions against Argentina
In the year: 2001
Sinn FĂ©in's Martin McGuinness confirms publicly for the first time that he was the IRA's second-in-command in Derry on Bloody Sunday. The admission prompts a swift call from the Ulster Unionists for Sinn FĂ©in President Gerry Adams to come clean about his IRA past
In the year: 1656
Birth of Sir Richard Levinge, Tory politician and Speaker of the House of Commons
