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600 BC |
600-150 B.C. - Celtic tribes
settled on the island |
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100 BC |
Arrival of the Gaels |
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0 |
The birth of Jesus Christ |
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14AD |
Death of Augustus and
Tiberius, stepson of Caesar Augustus, becomes
emperor until 37AD |
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33 AD |
Crucifixion of Jesus in the
Roman province of Jerusalem and the origin of
Christianity |
|
432 |
Arrival of St. Patrick to help
convert pagan Irish Gaelic Kings to Christianity |
|
800 |
Ireland attacked by Viking
Norsemen |
|
920 |
Vikings established
settlements at Limerick |
|
940 |
Brian Boru was born who was
the son of a leader of one of the royal free tribes
of Munster |
|
999 |
Brian Boru defeats the Vikings |
|
1166 |
Reign of Rory O'Connor who was
the last native High King of Ireland (1166-1175) |
|
1167 |
Arrival of Normans at Baginbun
in Co. Wexford which initiated the struggle between
the English and the Irish
|
|
1388 |
The Statutes of Kilkenny:
forbidding Irish/English marriages and prevented the
use of Irish language, custom or laws
|
|
1500's |
Anarchy in Ireland and the
failed Kildare Rebellion
Ireland were ruled by the senior nobles and monarchy
of England
The Irish War also known as the Desmond Rebellions -
A series of Rebellions regarding control over the
province of Munster over three decades 1560's,
1570's and 1580's
|
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1594 |
The Tyrone Rebellion, also
known as the Nine Years War from 1594 - 1603 |
|
1603 |
Accession of James 1 and the
enforcement of English Law in Ireland |
|
1641 |
Great Catholic-Gaelic
rebellion for return of lands |
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1649 |
The Protestant Lord Protector
of England, Oliver Cromwell, landed at Dublin. 2,000
Irish were killed and great part of Irish lands were
confiscated and divided among the English. The
population of Ireland was reduced by two thirds
during Cromwell's rule when the Irish were sent as
slaves to work on plantations in the islands in the
Caribbean
|
|
1660 |
The English monarchy is
restored by the accession of King Charles II |
|
1689 |
Siege and relief of Derry
King James II's Parliament
restores all lands confiscated since 1641
|
|
1690 |
Battle of the Boyne: William
of Orange (William III) lands at Carrickfergus and
defeats James II at Battle of the Boyne
|
|
1695 |
Anti-Catholic Penal Laws were
introduced |
|
1700's |
By the early 1700's Catholics
hold just 7% of land in Ireland |
|
1798 |
Irish Revolution, the 'Young
Ireland' rebellion failed |
|
1845 |
1845-1849 The Irish Potato
Famine: Many Irish emigrate to America and the
population of Ireland drops from 8 million to 6
million due to death from starvation or emigration
|
|
1914 |
1914 - 1918 - First World War |
|
1916 |
Easter Rising in Dublin |
|
1919 |
1919-1921: Irish War of
Independence against Great Britain which ended in
the Anglo Irish Treaty
|
|
1920 |
Government of Ireland Act
1920: Ireland was partitioned, with the
unionist-dominated north east becoming Northern
Ireland
|
|
1922 |
1922 - 1923 - Irish Civil War
between the Free State army and IRA |
|
1926 |
De Valera founds Fianna Fail |
|
1937 |
The Constitution of "Eire" |
|
1939 |
1939 - 1945 WW11 |
|
1945 |
August: The United
States drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
and WW2 ends |
|
1949 |
Republic of Ireland declared |
|
1951 |
1951-1962 IRA campaign in
Northern Ireland |
|
1969 |
British troops sent to Derry |
|
1971 |
Unionist government of NI
introduces internment without trial for suspected
Republicans |
|
1994 |
IRA declares cease-fire |
|
1998 |
Initial peace-plan, the Good
Friday Agreement, accepted by all parties
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