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St. Patrick Dies
St. Patrick Dies but has succeded in introducting the Christian Church and Roman civilization to Ireland. -
Jan 1, 1014
Brian Boru is defeated in battle
Brian in 1013 relized his dream was to become the true high king of Ireland, so he set out to conquer all of Ireland. he met another army at Clontarf and was defeated. -
Jan 1, 1315
Edward Bruce
After the battle of Brockburn a Scottsman named Edward Bruce invaded Ireland but was killed When trying to overthrow the Norman rule. -
Jan 1, 1507
Rise of King Henry VIII
King Henry the 8th was The king of England And worked his way to become the Lord of Ireland. -
Jan 1, 1515
Anarchy in ireland
Henry sets up an Anarchy in Ireland and the people are outraged. -
Jan 1, 1541
King henry moves up
King Henry has gone from Lord to King of Ireland. He was not inducted or chosen to be King he simply declared himself King. -
Potato Famine Starts
The Potato was the crop of the poor, therefore it was important. Most people could survive on a diet of only potatoes, which some people had to. once the Famine started the farmers started getting sick and in the end 2 million people died. -
Civil war
The Irish civil war broke out, it was a somewhat small war, but wars are wars. The war was between the Free states and the IRA. The war ended after only a year. -
Civil Rights March
In 1968 the first civil rights march took place, the marches were pretty important for the Irish many more took place this year and in 1969 and 1972. -
Irelandf is attacked by Vikings just off Dublin
The first Viking attack was in Lombay island in 800, but the Vikings came back and eventually inhabited Ireland in the early 900's. -
Brian Boru
Brian Boru was the youngest of two brothers, his Eldest brother became cheif of the tribe, he was born in 940 Brian was remembered for his feat of driving the Vikings out of Ireland. -
St. Comgall
St. Comgall was the one who founded Bangor Abbey. Thi establishment was enormouse and in its best time it housed 3,000 monks. The Bangor community was so powerful they could elect down monks up until 1244. The establishment was destroyed in an attack by pirates in1807.
