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This is a timeline of Irish history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Ireland. To read about the background to these events, see History of Ireland. See also the list of Lords and Kings of Ireland, alongside Irish heads of state, and the list of years in Ireland
A concise overview of the main events and periods in Irish history from prehistoric times to the present day. Learn about the Celts, the Vikings, the Normans, the Reformation, the Plantations, the Famine, the Fenians, the Land Wars, the Easter Rising, the Civil War, the Troubles and more.
13 gru 2022 · 1919 - Led by Éamon De Valera, the nationalist movement Sinn Féin ('We Ourselves') sets up a Dublin assembly, the Dáil Éireann, which again proclaims Irish independence. A guerrilla campaign by...
26 lut 2021 · Early Ireland: 8000 BC - fourth century AD. Early Christianity to the Arrival of the Vikings. The Viking Age. The Normans in Ireland. Erosion of English Power in Ireland. The Tudor Era. The Plantation of Ulster. Cromwell and the Restoration. Into the Eighteenth Century. Growth of Political Unrest in the Later Eighteenth Century.
In 1922, after the Irish War of Independence, most of Ireland seceded from the United Kingdom to become the independent Irish Free State, but under the Anglo-Irish Treaty the six northeastern counties, known as Northern Ireland, remained within the United Kingdom, creating the partition of Ireland.
Irish warriors raided Roman Britain. Palladius was the first bishop to be sent to Irish Christians. The year St Patrick is said to have come to Ireland to spread Christianity. The first Irish monastery was founded at Aran by St Éndae. Irish monasteries spread and flourished for the next 150 years.
13 paź 2024 · In 1801, Ireland was incorporated into the United Kingdom. Catholic Emancipation came in 1829. The Great Famine from 1845 to 1852 caused over a million deaths and mass emigration. The 1916 Easter Rising led to the Irish War of Independence, resulting in the 1922 establishment of the Irish Free State, with Northern Ireland remaining part of the UK.
