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432
St. Patrick
Arrival of St. Patrick to help convert pagan Gaelic Kings to Christianity
The day is still celebrated by the Irish -
550
Irish monks
Irish monks rechristianize Europe -
561
Battle of Culdremna.
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Aug 11, 1002
king of all ireland
Brian Boru wins recognition as king of all Ireland -
Aug 11, 1014
B.B. killed
High King Brian Boru, killed at Battle of Clontarf. -
Aug 11, 1066
Saxons were defeated
Normans defeat Saxons in England -
Aug 11, 1167
Normans at Baginbun
- 1169 Arrival of Normans at Baginbun, Co. Wexford, thus started 800 year struggle between English and Irish.
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Aug 11, 1272
the englisch conquered...
The English had now conquered Ulster, east of Lough Neagh, in Meath, as well as most of Connacht and of Munster. -
Aug 11, 1361
Irish baned
An edict bans (pure-blooded) Irish from becoming mayors, baillifs,
officers of the king or clerygmen, serving the English. -
Aug 11, 1366
Statutes of Kilkenny
Statutes of Kilkenny forbade Irish/English marriages and preventing
English to use Irish language, custom or laws. -
Aug 11, 1515
Anarchy in Ireland.
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Aug 11, 1541
Henry VIII
Henry VIII declares himself king of Ireland. -
Aug 11, 1562
Elizabethan Wars in Ireland.
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Rebellion of Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone.
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defeat of O'Neill
Defeat of O'Neill, O'Donnell and Spaniards by Mountjoy at Battle of Kinsale. -
Accession of James
Accession of James 1. Surrender of Hugh O'Neill. Enforecement of English
Law in Ireland. -
Plantation of Derry
Plantation of Derry and others confiscated counties planned. -
Great Catholic-Gaelic rebellion for return of lands
later joined by Old English Catholics in Ireland. Under
leadership of Irish chieftain, Rory O'More, conspiracy was
formed to seize Dublin and expel the English. English settlers
were driven out of Ulster. Catholics hold 59% of land in Ireland. -
Oliver Cromwell
English soldier & statesman, Oliver Cromwell,
landed at Dublin. His troops killed 2,000 men. A
great part of lands in Munster, Leinster and Ulster
(Drogheda and Wexford) was confiscated and divided
among the English soldiers -
Irish Catholics
Over 60,000 Irish Catholics had been sent slaves to Barbados, and
other islands in the Caribbean. -
Population of Ireland
The population of Ireland,estimated at 1,500,000, before Cromwell, was
reduced by two-thirds, to 500,000, at Cromwell's death in 1658. -
Anti-Catholic Penal Laws IntroducedCatholics hold 14% of land in Ireland.
Catholics hold 14% of land in Ireland. -
failed rebellion
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"potatoes famine"
-1849 all other crops are sent to english markets. The natives starved -
worst years of famine
Worst years of famine. By 1848 through emigration and deaths by famine, Ireland's
population decreased by more than 2 million people -
Easter Rising in Dublin
Proclamation of the Republic: POBLACHT NA h-EIREANN
THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT OF THE
IRISH REPUBLIC
TO THE PEOPLE OF IRELAND -
Irish War of independence
-1921 Irish War of independence against Britain -
Civil War
Civil War starts between Free State Army and IRA -
IRA continues its battle
The IRA continues its battle with the British, escalating the campaign in 1969 due to unfair treatment of catholics -
Unionist government of NI
First British soldier killed by IRA in Belfast.
Unionist government of NI introduces internment without trial for suspected Republicans.
During the 30 years of the troubles almost 3500 people were killed -
Present Day
IRA has disbanded and puts its weapons beyond use.
The two main partys of the political divide have made peace and the future looks brighter for a united Ireland. -
Viking Norsemen
attackted Ireland on Lambay Island off Dublin -
settlements
to 920 the settlements of Waterford, Dublin, Limerick are established -
Brian Boru
was born
Son of a leader of one of the royal free tribes of Munster. -
book of Kells
book of Kells is written -
defeats Vikings