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The Celts came to Ireland around 700 BC, they needed around 500 years to establish in Ireland. The last Celts divided the island in 5 provinces: Leinster, Meath, Connaught, Ulster and Munster.. They created the base of the actual culture of Ireland, we can see the celtic art in some monuments like the Broighter Hoard and the Turoe Stone. -
Around 400 AC the Celts went to Britain for slaves, and one of these slaves was St Patrick. He worked there as a shepherd for six years. One day he heard strange voices on his head from God. So after that, he went back to England and studied to be a priest and once again, he heard the voices. After this, Patrick spent the rest of his life in Ireland building churches and teaching the word of God. -
The Vikings invaded Ireland in the 9th century. They built settlements and these later became important cities like Dublin, Cork and Limerick. In 1169, the English invaded Ireland and also integrated into the Irish population -
The potato was the main crop in Ireland and very often the only food the poor people ate, but between 1845-1846 a fungus infected the potato crop. The farm workers had nothing to eat and more than one million of people died of starvation. The farm workers couldn’t pay their debts, they evicted them and demolished their houses. Between 1846-1850 around one million Irish people emigrate to USA, Canada and England. -
After the Potato Famine the Irish people were with England, because they didn’t help them and Ireland wanted the independence, so they decided to take actions themselves. In 1905 they created the Sinn Fein party to promote autonomy for Ireland. In 1913 they had their own army, the Irish Republican Army. In 1916 some Irish rebels took possession of some importants buildings in Dublin, and after six days the Irish rebels surrendered.