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This is a timeline of Irish history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Ireland. To read about the background to these events, see History of Ireland . See also the list of Lords and Kings of Ireland , alongside Irish heads of state , and the list of years in Ireland .
One of the most important themes has always been Irish nationalism—what Alfred Markey, calls: the received nationalist tale replete with heroes, villains, and a host of stock elements, has a long history and has exercised a particularly important influence on the development of Irish identity.
The history of Ireland from 1691–1800 was marked by the dominance of the Protestant Ascendancy.These were Anglo-Irish families of the Anglican Church of Ireland, whose English ancestors had settled Ireland in the wake of its conquest by England and colonisation in the Plantations of Ireland, and had taken control of most of the land.
A significant section of the Irish Volunteers bitterly disagreed with the National Volunteers serving with the Irish Divisions. The 10th (Irish) Division , the 16th (Irish) Division and the 36th (Ulster) Division suffered crippling losses in the trenches on the Western Front , in Gallipoli and the Middle East.
He was one of the most important and significant Kings in Ireland in the pre-Norman era. 1075 In a campaign against the Uí Néill and their allies in the north, Muirchertach Ua Briain (son of Toirdelbach ) is defeated by the Airgíalla near Áth Fhirdia (modern Ardee , County Louth ) with heavy loss.
A New History of Ireland VIII: A Chronology of Irish History to 1976 - A Companion to Irish History Part I, edited by T.W. Moody, F.X. Martin and F.J. Byrne, 1982. ISBN 0-19-821744-7; List of Published Texts at CELT — University College Cork's Corpus of Electronic Texts project has the full list of Irish Annals.
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15 May – Nine Years' War: Chief Niall Garbh Ó Domhnaill betrays the Irish alliance and allows Henry Docwra to land at Lough Foyle with an expeditionary force of 4,000 men. In a devastating blow to the rebels, Docwra sets up a series of fortifications along the River Foyle , cutting access between Tír Eoghain and Tyrconnell .