History Of Ireland By facebooker_1863214347095238 1541 Henry VIII named King 1690 The Battle of the Boyne 1729 "A Modest Proposal" By Jonathan Swift 1801 United Kingdom 1916 Easter Rebellion 1916 Easter Rising By Irish nationalists/republicans The front figures: Patrick Pearse, James Connolly, Michael Collins, Eamon de Valera, John MacBride, Sean MacDonagh 1920 The division of Ireland 1921 The Irish Free State 1922 W. B. Yeats is Senator 1922-1928 1949 The Irish Free State as an independent republic 1982 "Before The Celtic Yoke" By Paul Duran