All About Ireland By LolayMargarita 700 BCE Celts came to Ireland 400 Celts took slaves from Britain 800 Vikings invaded Ireland 1169 The English invaded Ireland 1607 English protestants are against catholic farmers 1801 British Parliament abolished Irish Parliament 1845 Fungus infected the potato crop Period: 1846 to 1850 Irish people emigrated to USA, Canada and England 1905 The "Sinn Fein" party was established 1913 The IRA (Irish Republican Army) was formed 1916 The irish rebels took possesion of important bulidings in Dublin 1918 "Sinn Fein" won 73 seats in the British Parliament 1921 The war ended and they divided Ireland in two parts (Nothern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland)