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HISTORY OF IRELAND

By Adrián Gómez
  • 6000 BCE

    ORIGINS

    ORIGINS
    People have lived in Ireland since around 6000 BC but we don't know much about their oringins.
  • 700 BCE

    CELTS

    CELTS
    Around 700 BC people called the celts came to the island.
  • 400 BCE

    SLAVES

    SLAVES
    The Celts in Ireland decided they needed slaves to work their land.

  • JAMES I

    JAMES I
    The English King James I sent Protestant English farmers to Ireland to take the land from Catholic farmers.

  • BRITISH PARLIAMENT

    BRITISH PARLIAMENT
    The British Parliament abolished the Irish Parliament and governed Ireland themselves.

  • STARVATION

    STARVATION
    A fungus infected the potatoes. More than one million people died from starvation.

  • POTATOES FAMINE (1846-1850)

    POTATOES FAMINE (1846-1850)
    Around one million Irish people emigrated to the USA, Canada and England to escape the starvation and disease of the potato famine.

  • SINN FEIN

    SINN FEIN
    The 'Sinn Fein' party was established in 1905 to promote autonomy for Ireland.

  • IRA

    IRA
    Irish had their own army, the Irish Republican Army (IRA)

  • PUBLIC BUILDINGS

    PUBLIC BUILDINGS
    Irish rebels took possession of some important public buildings, including the Post Office in Dublin.

  • PARLIAMENT

    PARLIAMENT
    In December 1918, Sinn Fein won 73 seats in the British Parliament.
    They decided to form their own parliament.

  • WAR ENDED

    WAR ENDED
    The war ended with a treaty dividing Ireland into two parts.