The History of Ireland

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  • 1541

    Henry VIII

    Henry VIII was proclaimed the king of Ireland in this year.
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    Jonathan Swift

    An Irish writer.

  • The Battle of the Boyne

    A decisive battle for the throne of England was thought in this year.

  • "A Modest Proposal"

    A satirical essay written by Jonathan Swift in 1729. It is about poverty in Ireland.

  • The United Kingdom

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

    There was a famine in Ireland due to parasits that attacked the main source for food, which was potatoes at that time.
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    Wiliam Butler Yeats

    An Irish writer.

  • The Easter Rebellion

    Ireland fought for independence.
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    The Irish Republic

    A revolutionary state that declared its independence from the United Kingdom.

  • The division of Ireland

    In this year passe the government of Ireland Act, which divided Ireland into two separate political entities.

  • The Irish Free State

    In this year a treaty was signed and peace was created between the people of Ulster protestants and the southern catholics.

  • "Easter 1916"

    A poem written by Wiliam Butler Yeats in 1921. He began writing it in 1916. It is a poem about The Easter Rebellion and the damage it did.
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    The Irish Civil War

    A conflict that followed the Irish War of Independence and accompanied the establishment of the Irish Free State. It waged between Irish nationalists and Irish republicans.

  • Paul Durcan

    An Irish poet.

  • The Irish Free State as an independant republic

    The Irish Free State (southern catholics) became an independant state.

  • Marita Conlon-McKenna

    An Irish writer.
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    Éamon De Valera

    A former Irish political leader who himself fought for Ireland's independence.
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    The Troubles

    A conflict in Northern Ireland due to the issue of Northern Ireland's constitutional status. It was a conflict between protestants and catholics.

  • "Speech on the 50th Anniversary of the Easter Rebellion"

    A speech by Eamon De Valera in 1966. It is a speech where De Valera honors the men who fought in The Easter Rebellion, and where is talks about what they did for the country.

  • Bloody Sunday

    It was an incident in Northern Ireland where authorities shot 28 unarmed civilians during a peaceful protest march against internment.

  • "Before the Celtic Yoke"

    A poem written by Paul Durcan in 1982. It is about the island of Ireland, that wants independence.

  • Good Friday Agreement

    It was some sort of peace treaty between Northern Ireland and the Irish Free State.

  • "Good Girl"

    A short story written by Marita Conlon-McKenna in 2001. It is about a Catholic girl who gets violated by other Catholic girls because she is seeing a guy who is a Protestant. It shows the conflict between the two religious groups in Ireland.

  • "The Wind that Shakes the Barley"

    A film made by Ken Loach in 2006. It is about two brothers who both fight for Irelands independence, but eventually go against each other.