Clehadol By clehadol Jan 1, 1000 3000 B.C.: Colonists of the stone age period reach Ireland Jan 1, 1050 1200 B.C.: More people reach Ireland, producing weapons Jan 1, 1100 600B.C.: Celts start arriving Ireland Apr 1, 1100 The country is divided into 150 "tuathes" Aug 11, 1150 150 A.D.: Ptolemy draws a map of Ireland http://www.ria.ie/committees/images/geography/map3.jpg -----> map by Ptolemy Jan 1, 1200 455 A.D.: St. Patrick founds church at Armagh Aug 11, 1250 1172 A.D.: Pope in Rome declares King Henry II of England lordship over Ireland Aug 11, 1297 First Irish Parliament meets in Dublin Aug 11, 1315 Scots attack Ireland Aug 11, 1348 Black death kills a third of population Aug 11, 1348 Black death kills a third of population Aug 11, 1541 Henry VIII of England declared King of Ireland Aug 11, 1541 Henry VIII of England declared King of Ireland Aug 11, 1541 Henry VIII of England declared King of Ireland Aug 11, 1585 Ireland mapped and divided into counties Aug 11, 1867 Thousands of Irish-Americans return home to fight for Irish Republican Brotherhood Aug 11, 1900 Blubb Aug 11, 1912 Titanic, built in Belfast, sinks Aug 11, 1919 Nationalists, led by Eamonn De Valera, establishes Dublin assembly. Guerrilla war begins between British forces and the Irish Republican Army Aug 11, 1922 Civil war breaks out Aug 11, 1949 On Easter Monday, Eire becomes Republic of Ireland, and totally independent from Britain Aug 11, 1957 Ireland joins the United Nations Aug 11, 1963 John F. Kennedy is the first American President to visit Ireland Aug 11, 1972 Bloody Sunday, as British troops shoot and kill 13 demonstrators Aug 11, 1979 Pope John Paul II visits Ireland Aug 11, 1987 IRA bomb explodes during Remembrance day parade
