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