Ireland History

  • 140

    People Arrive in Dublin

  • 431

    Palladius is the First Christian Bishop

  • Jan 1, 664

    Yellow Plague

  • Jan 1, 1171

    Henry II declares himself Lord of Ireland

  • Nov 12, 1216

    Great Charter of Ireland

  • Jan 1, 1297

    First Irish Parliament

  • Jan 1, 1542

    Ireland becomes the Kingdom of Ireland

  • Nine years war begins

  • Great Irish Famine

  • Easter Rising (proclamation of the Irish Republic)

  • Northern Ireland established

  • Republic of Ireland joins the United Nations

  • Ireland adopts the Euro

  • Ongoing financial crisis

  • Vikings raid coastal cities

  • St. Patrick is born