On 4 June 1913, the suffragette Emily Davison was hit by King George V’s horse Anmer, after she had walked onto the racetrack during the Epsom Derby. Produced and presented by Brian Byrne for Kilcullen Diary.

On 3 June 618, St Kevin of Glendalough died. Produced and presented by Brian Byrne.

On 2 June 1989, China's leadership authorised the use of force to clear student protestors from Beijing's Tiananmen Square. Produced and presented by Brian Byrne.

Photo by 蔡淑芳@sfchoi8964. Used under under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Generic license.

A round up of the news of the week ending 31 May 2020 on Kilcullen Diary. Produced and Presented by Brian Byrne.

On 29 May 1953, Sherpa Tenzing and Edmund Hillary became the first people to reach the summit of Mt Everest. Produced and presented by Brian Byrne for Kilcullen Diary.

On 28 May 1936, mathematical genius Alan Turing submitted a paper that is the theoretical foundation for modern computing and computers. Produced and presented by Brian Byrne for Kilcullen Diary.

Photo of memorial plaque released under the GNU Free Documentation License.

On this day in 1960, the last barge transporting Guinness on the Grand Canal left Dublin for Limerick. Produced and presented by Brian Byrne for Kilcullen Diary.

On 26 May 1927, Henry Ford drove the last original Model T built in America off the assembly line. Produced and presented by Brian Byrne.

On This Day in 1870, John O’Neill marched his men towards the top of Eccles Hill, as part of a Fenian Brotherhood ‘grand invasion’ of Canada that never happened. Produced and presented by Brian Byrne for Kilcullen Diary.

That Was The Week on Kilcullen Diary, 24 May 2020. Produced and presented by Brian Byrne.