History of Ireland By Fran morales Period: 1536 to 1603 Conquest and rebellion Period: 1603 to 1691 Wars and criminal laws Period: 1707 to 1800 The Act of Union and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Period: 1800 to 1829 Contemporary history of Ireland Period: 1846 to 1848 The Great Famine Period: 1870 to 1918 Movement towards Autonomy Period: 1916 to 1918 Militant separatism Period: 1919 to 1921 War of Independence Period: 1922 to 1923 Civil War Period: 1937 to 1937 Constitution and independence of Ireland