ALL ABOUT IRELAND

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  • 8 BCE

    ARRIVAL OF THE CELTS

    ARRIVAL OF THE CELTS
    Since the arrival of the first inhabitants in the 16th century. VIII BC, the different Celtic tribes needed about 500 years to establish themselves in Ireland. The latter, known as Gaels.
    The Celts laid the foundations of current Irish culture.
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    ARRIVAL OF THE VIKINGS

    ARRIVAL OF THE VIKINGS
    The Vikings invaded Ireland in the 9th century. They built settlements and these later became important cities like Dublin, Cork and Limerick. The Vikings soon became part of the population of Ireland
  • 1169

    THE ENGLISH INVADED IRELAND

    THE ENGLISH INVADED IRELAND
    In 1169, the English invaded Ireland and also integrated into the Irish population. In 1607, the English king, James I, sent English Protestant farmers to Ireland to take land from Catholic farmers.In 1801 the British Parliament abolished the Irish Parliament and thus Ireland became part of the UK.

  • POTATO FAMINE

    POTATO FAMINE
    Between 1845 and 1846, a fungus infected the potato crop and the potatoes became rotten and began to decay. Agricultural workers had nothing to eat and more than a million people died of hunger and many others emigrated to the United States and Canada.

  • EASTER REBELLION

    EASTER REBELLION
    On April 24, 1916, some 1,600 Irish rebels took possession of some important public buildings. Patrick Pearse stood on the steps of the General Post Office and read the Declaration of the Republic, calling for complete independence from Great Britain. The fight that broke out is known as the Easter Rebellion.

  • GENERAL ELECTION

    GENERAL ELECTION
    In December 1918, there was a general election and Sinn Fein won 73 seats in the British Parliament. But they refused to sit in the parliament in London and decided to form their own parliament in Dublin.

  • THE DIVISION OF IRELAND

    THE DIVISION OF IRELAND
    Until the early 1920s, Ireland and Great Britain were one country.
    But not all Irish were happy with the union and many undertook a long and bloody fight for independence from London.
    A century later, the island is divided into two nations: Northern Ireland, part of the United Kingdom, and the Republic of Ireland, in the south.
    The partition was finalized in 1921.

  • ECONOMIC BOOM- THE CELTIC TIGER

    ECONOMIC BOOM- THE CELTIC TIGER
    Celtic Tiger is a nickname for Ireland during its boom years, between 1995 and 2007, when its economy was growing rapidly. Ireland had been one of Europe's poorest countries for more than two centuries prior to this period of rapid economic growth.

  • THE GOOD FRIDAY

    THE GOOD FRIDAY
    The Good Friday Agreement , also called the Belfast Agreement , was signed in Belfast , Northern Ireland , on Good Friday 1998 by the British and Irish governments and accepted by most Northern Irish political parties, to end the Northern Ireland Conflict . It was also approved by the people of Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland through a referendum in each place.

  • ECONOMIC RECESSION

    ECONOMIC RECESSION
    After 2008 the economic situation deteriorated. Ireland has got a good welfare system but, since 2008, more people have received social welfare payments to save them from poverty. But despite these economic problems, new industries are appearing. Ireland is exporting pharmaceutical,medical and dairy products and experts believe these will help the economic grow .