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Ice sheets 16.000 BC
During the Last Glacial Maximum, Ireland is covered in ice sheets -
Narrow channel 12000 BC
A narrow channel forms between Ireland and southwest Scotland.
12.000 BC -
Bronze Age 2000 BC
Bronze Age technologies start to arrive in Ireland -
Celtic influence 500 BC
During the Iron Age in Ireland, Celtic influence in art, language and culture begins to take hold. -
First Vikings 795 AC
First Viking raids on Iona, Rathlin Island, Inishmurray and Inishbofin. -
Henry II 1171 AC
Henry II of England lands at Waterford and declares himself Lord of Ireland. -
Irish Parliament 1297 AC
The first representative Irish Parliament (of the Lordship of Ireland) meets in Dublin. -
Extreme winters 1740 AC
Extreme winters in successive years result in poor harvests, causing a largescale famine in which between 310,000 and 480,000 die. -
Annexion to Great Britain 1801 AC
The Kingdom of Ireland is annexed to Great Britain. 'United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland is formed. -
Great Irish Famine 1845 AC
A potato blight destroyed two-thirds of Ireland's staple crop and lead to an estimated 1 million deaths and emigration of a further 1 million people. -
Irish War of Independence 1919 AC
Volunteers of the Army of the Irish Republic kill two members of the Royal Irish Constabulary in what is considered to be the first act of the War of Independence -
Division 1921 AC
Northern Ireland is established. -
Irish War of Independence 1921 AC
The War of Independence ends when negotiations between the British government and representatives of the de facto Irish Republic conclude with the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty and the creation of the Irish Free State -
European Community 1973 AC
Ireland joins the European Community along with Britain and Denmark.
