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3000 B.C.: Colonists of the stone age period reach Ireland

Jan 1, 1000

1200 B.C.: More people reach Ireland, producing weapons

Jan 1, 1050

600B.C.: Celts start arriving Ireland

Jan 1, 1100

The country is divided into 150 "tuathes"

Apr 1, 1100

150 A.D.: Ptolemy draws a map of Ireland

Aug 11, 1150

http://www.ria.ie/committees/images/geography/map3.jpg -----> map by Ptolemy

455 A.D.: St. Patrick founds church at Armagh

Jan 1, 1200

1172 A.D.: Pope in Rome declares King Henry II of England lordship over Ireland

Aug 11, 1250

First Irish Parliament meets in Dublin

Aug 11, 1297

Scots attack Ireland

Aug 11, 1315

Black death kills a third of population

Aug 11, 1348

Black death kills a third of population

Aug 11, 1348

Henry VIII of England declared King of Ireland

Aug 11, 1541

Henry VIII of England declared King of Ireland

Aug 11, 1541

Henry VIII of England declared King of Ireland

Aug 11, 1541

Ireland mapped and divided into counties

Aug 11, 1585

Thousands of Irish-Americans return home to fight for Irish Republican Brotherhood

Aug 11, 1867

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Aug 11, 1900

Titanic, built in Belfast, sinks

Aug 11, 1912

Nationalists, led by Eamonn De Valera, establishes Dublin assembly. Guerrilla war begins between British forces and the Irish Republican Army

Aug 11, 1919

Civil war breaks out

Aug 11, 1922

On Easter Monday, Eire becomes Republic of Ireland, and totally independent from Britain

Aug 11, 1949

Ireland joins the United Nations

Aug 11, 1957

John F. Kennedy is the first American President to visit Ireland

Aug 11, 1963

Bloody Sunday, as British troops shoot and kill 13 demonstrators

Aug 11, 1972

Pope John Paul II visits Ireland

Aug 11, 1979

IRA bomb explodes during Remembrance day parade

Aug 11, 1987