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795 BCE
The Vikings invasions
When William the Conqueror became King of England after the Battle of Hastings. The first place the Vikings raided in Britain was the monastery at Lindisfarne, a small holy island located off the northeast coast of England. -
432 BCE
Saint Patrick
Saint Patrick was a Christian missionary and is known as the patron saint of Ireland, along with Saint Bridget and Saint Columba. He was a preacher and religious of Britannia, traditionally considered the introducer of the Christian religion in Ireland -
1171
Richard de Clare - Strogbow
Richard Fitz Gilbert de Clare, II Earl of Pembroke, Lord of Leinster, Justiciar of Ireland, popularly known as Strongbow, was a Cambro-Norman Lord and the main leader of the Cambro-Norman invasion of Ireland, the son of Gilbert de Clare and of Isabel de Beaumont -
1541
Henry VIII
Henry VIII was King of England and Lord of Ireland from April 22, 1509 until his death. He was the second monarch of the Tudor house, heir to his father, Henry VII. He married six times and exercised the most absolute power among all the English monarchs. -
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The Great Famine
The Great Famine was a period of starvation, disease and mass emigration in Ireland between 1845 and 1849 -
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Oscar Wilde
Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde was a writer, poet and dramatist of Irish origin, and Wilde is considered one of the most prominent playwrights of late Victorian London; In addition, he was a celebrity of the time due to his great and sharp wit. -
The Gaelic Athletic Association
The Gaelic Athletic Association is an Irish sports association that promotes and organizes hurling and Gaelic football competitions, as well as other Irish tradition sports in male and female categories -
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Michael Colins
He was an Irish revolutionary leader. He served as Minister of Finance of the Irish Republic, was Director of Intelligence of the IRA and member of the Irish delegation that negotiated the Anglo-Irish Treaty, being also President of the Provisional Government and Commander-in-Chief of the National Army. -
Irish Indepencende
The Irish War of Independence, or Anglo-Irish War, was a guerrilla war waged between the Irish Republican Army and the British security forces in Ireland. It was an escalation of the Irish revolutionary period in the war. -
The Irish Constitution
The Irish Constitution (or Bunreacht na hÉireann) was ratified by the Irish people in 1937. It is the fundamental law of the State. ... It also describes the fundamental rights of every Irish citizen. The Constitution is also part of a wider human rights framework in Ireland. -
Republic of Ireland
Ireland officially the Republic of Ireland to differentiate it from Northern Ireland, is a sovereign country, member of the European Union, which occupies most of the homonymous island. Its capital is Dublin, located in the east of the island -
Eurovision song contest
The XV Eurovision Song Contest took place on March 21, 1970 in Amsterdam. With Willy Dobbe as host, the winning song was the ballad "All Kinds of Everything", representing Ireland
