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795 BCE
THE VIKINGS INVASIONS
In 795 AD Viking longships began to raid various places in Ireland. At first they attacked the monasteries along the coast and later they raided inland. The Vikings were great experts at building boats which were used for long journeys. Some of their longships have been found underwater in places like Roskilde in Denmark . -
432
SAINT PATRICK 432 AD
European rulers were hungry to see their people achieve the prestige and learning that the famed Irish scholars were bringing to the lands of their rivals and peers. There was a time when you could do no better as a school than to be led by hard nosed pragmatic Irish monks fervent in service to the Lord. No one knew the old languages better, and therefore the scriptures. -
Period: 1130 to 1171
RICHARD DE CLARE
Henry II of England, referring to the lands conquered in Ireland, which belongs to the King of England, ordered all the troops that returned at Easter 1171. However, in May of that year, Diarmuid died, and Strongbow claimed the kingdom of Leinster sheltering in his marriage with Aoife. The death of the old king provoked a general uprising and Ricardo could barely keep O'Connor out of Dublin. -
Period: 1491 to 1541
HENRY VIII
He promulgated important legislation, such as the various acts of separation with the Church of Rome, from his appointment as supreme head of the Church of England, the Union Acts of 1535 and 1542, which unified England and Wales as a single nation, the Buggery Act of 1533, first legislation against sodomy in England and the Witchcraft Act of 1542, which punished witchcraft with death. -
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THE GRAT FAMINE
Great Famine, also called Irish Potato Famine, Great Irish Famine, or Famine of 1845–49, famine that occurred in Ireland in 1845–49 when the potato crop failed in successive years. The crop failures were caused by late blight, a disease that destroys both the leaves and the edible roots, or tubers, of the potato plant. The causative agent of late blight is the water mold Phytophthora infestans. The Irish famine was the worst to occur in Europe in the 19th century. -
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OSCAR WILDE
Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (Dublin, Ireland, 3 then belonging to the United Kingdom, October 16, 1854 - Paris, France, November 30, 1900) was a writer, poet and dramatist of Irish origin. Wilde is considered one of the most prominent playwrights of late Victorian London; In addition, it was a celebration of the time due to its great and sharp wit. Today, he is remembered for his epigrams, his plays and the tragedy of his imprisonment, his early death.
