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The first human settlements in Ireland, an island lying on the western fringe of Europe, were made relatively late in European prehistory- about 6000 BC.
Irish History
Click on one of the following links below for information on the different stages of the History of Ireland.
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Sometime between about 600 and 150 BC, Celtic peoples from western
Europe, who came to be known as Gaels, invaded Ireland and subdued
the previous inhabitants. more...
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In the late 8th century, Vikings from Scandinavia began to raid
Ireland . Other parts of Europe at about this time were responding
to such pressures by developing the system of feudalism, but the Gaelic
society did not lend itself to such development. more...
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Even such unity as there had been under Brian had disappeared by
the time Ireland faced its next challenge. This challenge came from
the highly effective feudal monarchy that had been founded in England
by William I (William the Conqueror) after his invasion of that country
in 1066 from Normandy in France. more...
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The most determined resistance to reconquest came from the Gaelic
chieftains of Ulster (the northeastern quarter of the island), led by
Hugh O'Neill, 2d earl of Tyrone, at the end of Elizabeth's reign. In
suppressing their rebellion between 1595 and 1603, English forces devastated
the Ulster countryside. more...
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Hoping to recover their lands and political dominance in Ireland
Catholics took the side of the Catholic king James II in England's Glorious
Revolution of 1688 and thus shared in his defeat by William III at the
Battle of the Boyne in 1690. more...
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The Great Famine also referred to as "The Great Hunger",
that lasted between 1845 and 1849 was arguably the single greatest
disaster that affected the Irish history. more...
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Under Parnell's leadership an Irish nationalist party, demanding
home rule - a separate Irish parliament within the Union--and land
reform, was able to win every parliamentary seat having a Catholic
majority. more...
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Frustration arising from the postponement of home rule led to the
1916 Easter Rising in Dublin. Although a military failure, this rebellion
brought a new generation of potential leadership to public attention. more...
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The state composed of the southern 26 of Ireland's 32 counties has
had three different names, which reflect the stages by which the goals
of the defeated antitreaty side were actually attained during the generation
after the civil war. more...
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Whereas the southern Irish state was born out of a positive nationalist
demand, Northern Ireland arose out of a negative defensive reaction
on the part of a people who never quite became nationalists of any
sort. This difference helps in understanding why Northern Ireland failed,
whereas the South of Ireland succeeded, at the enterprise of state
building. more...
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