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-to help convert pagan Gaelic Kings to Christianity.
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onwards Irish monks re-Christianize Europe
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Brian Boru wins recognition as king of all Ireland
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High King Brian Boru, killed at Battle of Clontarf.
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Normans defeat Saxons in England.
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Reign of Rory O'Connor, Last native High King of Ireland
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Strongbow becomes king of Leinster. Arrival of Henry II, end of the Milesian kings;
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King Henry VIII of England appoints an Englishman Viceroy of Ireland
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Henry VIII declares himself king of Ireland.
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Henry VIII dies, succeeded by the boy king Edward VI. England and
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English soldier & statesman, Oliver Cromwell,
landed at Dublin. His troops killed 2,000 men. A
great part of lands in Munster, Leinster and Ulster
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English Revolution
James II deposed in England. Gates of Derry shut in face of James' troops.
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with commitment of both Republicans and Unionists in Northern Ireland to end violence and share power
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The book ok Kells is written.
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King McNeill started to reign
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Vikings established settlements at Waterford.
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Vikings established settlements at Dublin.
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Vikings established settlements at Limerick
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Brian Boru defeated Vikings.
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It happend on Lambay Island, off Dublin
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Son of a leader of one of the royal free tribes of Munster.