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Jan 1, 800
Irish natives
Since the arrival of the first inhabitants in the s. VIII BC, it took the different Celtic tribes about 500 years to establish themselves in Ireland. The Celts laid the foundations for today's Irish culture. They devised a sophisticated legal code, the Brehon Laws, in force until the beginning of the s. XVII, and its labyrinthine and twisted designs, already seen in objects that are 2,000 years old, are the typical example of Irish motifs, -
1169
History of Partiament Ireland
The Normans, who began to settle in Ireland in 1169, were the first to give Ireland a centralized administration. The first Irish parliament for which there is a definitive record met on June 18,1264. Parliament met at Castledermot. The meeting was not a parliament in the modern sense. The Irish Parliament continued to function for over 500 years. These included the General Assembly of the Confederacy from 1642 to 1649, the "Patriot Parliament" from 1689 and the "Parliament of Grattan" from 1782 -
the Viking are coming!
The Vikings were the next to try their luck when they plundered the prosperous monasteries. To defend themselves, the monks built cylindrical towers that served as guard posts and shelter in case of attack. Despite the best efforts of the monks, the Vikings got away mainly thanks to their warrior strength, but also to the local population, who sided with the looters in exchange for benefits and protection. -
Civil war
The treaty was ratified after a bitter debate, and the elections of June 1922 ended with the victory of the protracted side. Two weeks after the elections, a civil war broke out between comrades who, a year earlier, had fought side by side. (1890-1922), during the War of Independence and the main business of the Anglo-Irish Treaty, Collins himself had foreshadowed the resentment that would be born with the treaty, and it is said that, by signing it. -
Irish revolution
In Irish history it was the period in the 1910s and early 1920s when Irish nationalist opinion shifted from the Irish Parliamentary Party, which supported Home Rule. There were several waves of civil unrest. Some modern historians define the revolutionary period as the period between 1912 or 1913 and 1923