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Adopt a country timeline-Ireland-Haldemann

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  • Battle of Clontarf
    Apr 23, 1014

    Battle of Clontarf

    -took place April 23, 1014
    -Clontarf (near Dublin) on the east coast of Ireland
    -one of Brian Boru’s last victories
    -recorded in Irish and Norse chronicles
    -event that freed the Irish from foreign domination
    -today viewed as critical light
  • Ulster Will Fight

    Ulster Will Fight

    -1641
    -the strongest opposition to home rule came from from the Protestants of Ulster.
    -They formed a majority in the northern province, but a majority within the island.
    -The 1641 rebellion had induced a siege mentality that was reinforced during the struggle between William of Orange and James II
  • Grattan's Parliament

    Grattan's Parliament

    -1782-1800
    -looked after economic/political interests about the Anglo-Irish aristocracy
  • The 1798 Rebellion

    The 1798 Rebellion

    -1791
    -Society of United Irishmen founded in Belfast 1791
  • The Great Famine

    The Great Famine

    -began in 1845
    -millions of impoverished peasants starved or forced to emigrate
  • The Fenian Movement

    The Fenian Movement

    -1848
    -a group of revolutionaries (Young Ireland) launched an ill prepared uprising that was quelled
  • Home Rule

    Home Rule

    -1868
    -William Ewart Gladstone became British prime minister in 1868
  • The Easter Rising

    The Easter Rising

    1916
  • Independence

    Independence

    -1916,
    -1905 The principal beneficiary of the 1916 rising was Sinn Fein,
    -a political movement founded in 1905 by Arthur Griffith
  • The Battle of The Boyne

    The Battle of The Boyne

    -1960 William of Orange defeated King James II
    -at the Boyne July 1, 1960
    -Today they celebrate by marches, murals, and graffiti