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During the Last Glacial Maximum, Ireland is covered in ice sheets
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A narrow channel forms between Ireland and southwest Scotland.
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Bronze Age technologies start to arrive in Ireland
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During the Iron Age in Ireland, Celtic influence in art, language and culture begins to take hold.
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First Viking raids on Iona, Rathlin Island, Inishmurray and Inishbofin.
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Henry II of England lands at Waterford and declares himself Lord of Ireland.
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The first representative Irish Parliament (of the Lordship of Ireland) meets in Dublin.
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Extreme winters in successive years result in poor harvests, causing a largescale famine in which between 310,000 and 480,000 die.
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The Kingdom of Ireland is annexed to Great Britain. 'United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland is formed.
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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.
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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
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Northern Ireland is established.
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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
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Ireland joins the European Community along with Britain and Denmark.
