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Britain's King Henry VIII is declared King of Irelandby Englishmen living in Ireland. He opposes the Catholic religion and this marks a long, unjust treatment of catholic people.
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Potatoes are the main crop in ireland and when there was a potato famine, from drough and bad conditions, 1 million people died.
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armed irish patriots rebelled against british troops who were stationed in dublin. The attack failed and rebel leaders were executed
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The irish fought against britain who finally gave up control of most of Ireland except for northern ireland who is still under british rule.
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Some people agreed with the treaty that allowed britain to control northern ireland and some people were still mad about it. So there was a civil war.
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the irish declare the 26 lower states of ireland completely free while the 6 in the north still belong to britain.
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during anit-british protests unarmed irish protesters are killed by british soldiers in an event known as the irish bloody sunday.
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Mary Robinson becomes the first female president in Ireland’s history.
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An agreement was signed called the good friday agreement to help bring peace between northern ireland and the rest of Ireland.
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Irish is approved as a language and the country works to make people bilingual with speaking both irish and english.
