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Apr 2, 1541
Britain's King Henry VIII is declared King of Ireland
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. -
Potato famine
Potatoes are the main crop in ireland and when there was a potato famine, from drough and bad conditions, 1 million people died. -
Easter Rebellion
armed irish patriots rebelled against british troops who were stationed in dublin. The attack failed and rebel leaders were executed -
Anglo-irish war
The irish fought against britain who finally gave up control of most of Ireland except for northern ireland who is still under british rule. -
Irish civil war
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. -
Irish independence
the irish declare the 26 lower states of ireland completely free while the 6 in the north still belong to britain. -
Irish bloody sunday
during anit-british protests unarmed irish protesters are killed by british soldiers in an event known as the irish bloody sunday. -
First women prsident
Mary Robinson becomes the first female president in Ireland’s history. -
Good Friday agreement
An agreement was signed called the good friday agreement to help bring peace between northern ireland and the rest of Ireland. -
Irish becomes a language
Irish is approved as a language and the country works to make people bilingual with speaking both irish and english.
