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461
𝓢𝓪𝓲𝓷𝓽 𝓟𝓪𝓽𝓻𝓲𝓬𝓴'𝓼 𝓭𝓪𝔂
The day was first established this holiday was in 1631 as a modest religious holiday, and honoring Ireland's patron saint. The 17th of March refers to the anniversary of the death of Saint Patrick in the year 461. Considered to this day as the patron saint of Ireland. -
1169
𝓥𝓘𝓚𝓘𝓝𝓖𝓢
The Vikings soon became part of the population of ireland. In 1169, the English invaded Ireland and also into the Irish population -
𝓘𝓡𝓘𝓢𝓗 𝓡𝓔𝓥𝓞𝓛𝓤𝓣𝓘𝓞𝓝
British and Irish forces quickly control the Irish Revolution. In just five months, the fighting left a lot of deads -
𝓑𝓡𝓘𝓣𝓘𝓢𝓗 𝓟𝓐𝓡𝓛𝓘𝓐𝓜𝓔𝓝𝓣
British parliament abolished the Irish Pairliament and governed Ireland themselves. -
𝓔𝓪𝓼𝓽𝓮𝓻 𝓜𝓸𝓷𝓭𝓪𝔂
The Easter Rising was a fight in Ireland against British control. About 500 people died, and when the British executed some Irish leaders, people started to change their minds about the conflict. -
𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓓𝓲𝓿𝓲𝓼𝓲𝓸𝓷 𝓸𝓯 𝓘𝓻𝓮𝓵𝓪𝓷𝓭
The catholics refused to recognise the NI state, and Protestants are suspicious of their Catholic neighbours. -
𝓑𝓵𝓸𝓸𝓭𝔂 𝓢𝓾𝓷𝓭𝓪𝔂
About 15,000 people meet on the morning of 30 January 1972 to take part in a civil rights march. It ended in tragedy as British soldiers opened fire. Soon, became 14 deads in total.The victims' families denigrate it as a cover-up and spent years campaigning for a new public search.
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𝓑𝓸𝓸𝓶 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓡𝓮𝓬𝓮𝓼𝓼𝓲𝓸𝓷𝓼
During the "Celic Tiger"period from 1995 to 2007, Ireland´s economy boombed with growing businesses and increased inmigration. The peak was around 1995-2000, but the 2008 global recesion caused problems. -
𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓖𝓸𝓸𝓭 𝓕𝓻𝓲𝓭𝓪𝔂 𝓐𝓰𝓻𝓮𝓮𝓶𝓮𝓷𝓽
The Good Friday Agreement stopped fighting in Northern Ireland after 3o years. It made the IRA promise to stop violence ans said Ireland could only unite if most people in NI agreed -
𝓖𝓐𝓨 𝓜𝓐𝓡𝓡𝓘𝓐𝓖𝓔
Ireland becomes the first country to allow gay marriage by popular vote. It was a big change that many people around the world celebrate.