Ireland Timeline

By AHøgfeldt
  • 500

    Converts to christianity

  • Period: 500 to

    ireland

  • Apr 6, 900

    The Vikings arrive and build Dublin

  • Apr 6, 1166

    King of Leinster invades Ireland with the help of Henry the Second

  • Ireland is brought fully under English control

  • Most land owned by Protestansts

  • the Catholic minority gains voting rights

  • The Potato Famine

  • Campaign for home rule grows stronger

  • Promise of home rule

  • Easter Rising

  • Republicans win the election

  • Independence war

  • Civil War

  • Second WW

  • Ireland leaves the Commonwealth

  • The Modern violent conflict begins

  • Ireland joins the EU

  • Good Friday Agreement