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Period: 150 BCE to 600 BCE
Celtic tribes arrived in Ireland
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Period: 750 to 800
Invasions by Norseman began
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1041
King Brian BORU defeated the Danes and ended the invasions
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Period: 1100 to 1200
Norman invasions continued; seven centuries of hardship, rebellions, and struggle among the Anglo-Irish people
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Period: to
Irish Famine; population decreased by half due to disease, emigration and starvation; population did not start recovering until the 1960s; now has a high birth rate making it one of the youngest populations in the EU.
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Ireland became independent from the UK
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Period: to
1960s “Troubles” -- This was a series of conflicts and violence that occured in Northern Ireland between the Protestant and Catholic populations.
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Joined the European Community
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Period: to
Economic boom of the Celtic Tiger -- Ireland saw rapid economic growth due a foreign investment made.
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Good Friday Agreement was made to end the “Troubles” and regain peace in the country and cooperation between the British and Irish governments.
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Ireland joined the euro-currency union.
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Meltdown of Irish Banking System -- There was an abrupt end to their economic growth and Ireland and Irish banks were undergoing a financial crisis.
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The government continues to recover from this incident