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Apr 23, 1014
Battle of Clontarf
-took place April 23, 1014
-Clontarf (near Dublin) on the east coast of Ireland
-one of Brian Boru’s last victories
-recorded in Irish and Norse chronicles
-event that freed the Irish from foreign domination
-today viewed as critical light -
Ulster Will Fight
-1641
-the strongest opposition to home rule came from from the Protestants of Ulster.
-They formed a majority in the northern province, but a majority within the island.
-The 1641 rebellion had induced a siege mentality that was reinforced during the struggle between William of Orange and James II -
Grattan's Parliament
-1782-1800
-looked after economic/political interests about the Anglo-Irish aristocracy -
The 1798 Rebellion
-1791
-Society of United Irishmen founded in Belfast 1791 -
The Great Famine
-began in 1845
-millions of impoverished peasants starved or forced to emigrate -
The Fenian Movement
-1848
-a group of revolutionaries (Young Ireland) launched an ill prepared uprising that was quelled -
Home Rule
-1868
-William Ewart Gladstone became British prime minister in 1868 -
The Easter Rising
1916 -
Independence
-1916,
-1905 The principal beneficiary of the 1916 rising was Sinn Fein,
-a political movement founded in 1905 by Arthur Griffith -
The Battle of The Boyne
-1960 William of Orange defeated King James II
-at the Boyne July 1, 1960
-Today they celebrate by marches, murals, and graffiti
