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The Flight of the Earls
The Gaelic lords of Unser fled, leaving the region open to English and Scottish settlement. -
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The Irish Potato Famine
A period of mass starvation and disease in Ireland. -
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World War I
The First World War. -
Easter Rising
The Republican and Catholic Nationalists rose up against the British rule. -
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Anglo-Irish War
The Irish war of independence. Southern Ireland didn’t want to remain in the United Kingdom and fought for independence. -
Creation of the Irish Free State
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Creation of the Republic of Ireland
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The Troubles
A period of violence and civil rights between the ‘Unionists’ and the ‘Nationalists’. -
Good Friday Agreement
An agreement that put an end to The Troubles and resulted in a new government being formed, sharing power between the Unionists and the Nationalists. -
Brexit
The United Kingdom leaves the European Union, separating Northern Ireland from the Republic of Ireland.