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Ireland Timeline

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    Ireland Timeline FTW

    Irelands timeline. Some of the important stuff.

  • Lack of Potatoes

    Lack of Potatoes
    A fungus of the genus Phytophtora caused the Irish potato famine.

  • War of Independence Starts

    War of Independence Starts
    Irish War of Independence: Volunteers of the Army of the Irish Republic kill two members of the Royal Irish Constabulary in what is considered to be the first act of the War of Independence.

  • Civil War starts

    Civil War starts
    Irish Civil War: Bombardment by Michael Collins of Anti-Treaty forces occupying the Four Courts marks the start of the Irish Civil War

  • Civil War ends

    Civil War ends
    Irish Civil War: IRA Chief of Staff Frank Aiken orders volunteers to dump arms - effectively ending the Civil War.

  • New State called Ireland

    New State called Ireland
    The Constitution of Ireland comes into force replacing the Irish Free State with a new state called "'Éire', or, in the English language, 'Ireland'"

  • The Troubles starts

    The Troubles starts
    Troops are deployed on the streets of Northern Ireland, marking the start of the Troubles

  • Prorouged then abolished

    Prorouged then abolished
    The Parliament of Northern Ireland is prorogued (and abolished the following year).

  • Assembly Elected

    Assembly Elected
    The Northern Ireland Assembly is elected.

  • First Female President

    First Female President
    Mary Robinson becomes the first female President of Ireland.

  • Approved by Referendum

    Approved by Referendum
    The twenty-first, twenty-third and twenty-sixth Amendments to the Constitution of Ireland, which provided for a universal ban on the death penalty, Ireland's recognition of the International Criminal Court and its ratification of the Treaty of Nice, respectively, were all approved by referendum.

  • Sources

    Sources
    Picture Sources
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hogan's_Flying_Column.gif
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Michael_d_higgins.jpg
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Portrait_of_Micheál_Ã_Coileáin.jpg
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Aiken.jpg
    http://leg.state.nv.us/Assembly/images/assembly chamber-floor.JPG
    http://www.news.cornell.edu/Chronicle/96/10.31.96/potato.GIF
    http://www.civitas.org.uk/eufacts/graphics/treatyofnice.jpg
    http://denning.law.ox.ac.uk/lrsp/im

  • SOURCES!

    SOURCES!
    Works Cited
    "Timelines." n.d. Timeline of Ireland. Web. 18 January 2012.
    Wikipedia. "Wikipedia." 11 December 2011. Timeline of Ireland. Web. 18 January 2012.