History of Ireland

  • 1541

    The King of Ireland

    Henry VIII was proclaimed King of Ireland
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    Jonathan Swift

    Writer
  • The Battle of the Boyne

    A decisive battle for the throne of England was thought in this year
  • A Modest Proposal

    An satirical essay by Jonathan Swift about poverty in Ireland.
  • United Kingdom

    In this year the Kingdom of Ireland joined a union consisting of Scotland, England and Wales, which was named the United Kingdom, UK.
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    The potato famine

    Famine in Ireland due to parasits attacking the main foodsource which was potatoes at that time.
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    Yeats

    Irish poet, who wrote the poem 'Easter 1916'
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    Eamon de Valera

    Former Irish president
  • Easter Rebellion

    Ireland fought for independence
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    The Wind That Shakes the Barley

    The movie is about the Irelands fight for freedom against England
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    The Irish Republic

    A revolutionary state that declared its independence from the United Kingdom in 1919
  • The division of Ireland

    In this year passe the Goverment of Ireland Act, which divided Ireland into two separate political entites.
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    The Civil War

    Conflict between irish nationalists (catholics) over whether or not to accept the Anglo-Irish Treaty, which was a peace treaty and the treaty ended Irelands war for independence
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    The Irish Free State

    Was a state established under the Anglo-Irish treaty which dived Ireland in northern and southern Ireland
  • The Irish Free State as an independent republic

    The Irish Free State (southern Catholics) became independent
  • Speech on the 50th anniversary of the Easter Rebellion

    The speech concerns the Easter Rising in Dublin on 24 April 1916, which marked the beginning of the end of British power in Ireland.
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    The Troubles

    Conflict in Northern Ireland between Catholics(nationalists, republicans) and Protestants(unionist, loyalist and royalist) whether to be a part of the UK or not.
  • Bloody sunday

    During a peaceful protest in northern Ireland authority shot 28 civilians and killed 14
  • Good friday agreement

    An agreement which helped to bring an end to a period of conflict in the troubles
  • Good Girl

    Good Girl is a short story about Chrissy who is a catholic, who ran into problems while trying to date a protestant.