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The history of Ireland from 1169–1536 covers the period from the arrival of the Cambro-Normans [1] to the reign of Henry VIII of England, who made himself King of Ireland. After the Norman invasion of 1169–1171, Ireland was under an alternating level of control from Norman lords and the King of England .
Memory Ireland: History and Modernity (2011) Gibney, John. The Shadow of a Year: The 1641 Rebellion in Irish History and Memory (2013) King, Jason. "The Genealogy of Famine Diary in Ireland and Quebec: Ireland's Famine Migration in Historical Fiction, Historiography, and Memory." Éire-Ireland 47#1 (2012): 45–69. online
The first recorded Viking raid in Irish history occurred in AD 795 when Vikings, possibly from Norway [10] looted the island of Lambay. [note 4] This was followed by a raid on the coast of Brega in 798, and raids on the coast of Connacht in 807. [11] These early Viking raids were generally small in scale and quick.
The Anglo-Norman invasion was a watershed in Ireland's history, marking the beginning of more than 800 years of British rule in Ireland. In May 1169, Anglo-Norman mercenaries landed in Ireland at the request of Diarmait mac Murchada (Dermot MacMurragh), the deposed King of Leinster , who sought their help in regaining his kingship.
Moody argued this “myth” of Irish history that depicted in Manichean terms the entirety of Irish history from 1169 to the present as a struggle between the morally pure Irish vs. the utterly evil British was being used by the Provisional Irish Republican Army as the main reason for its struggle in Northern Ireland, and ruled out any ...
"Chronological Table, Arranged in the Order of the Authorised Edition of the Statutes at Large Passed in the Parliaments of Ireland". The Irish statutes: Revised edition. 3 Edward II to the Union. A.D. 1310–1800. By Authority (PDF). London: Eyre & Spottiswoode. pp. xiii– lxiv. "Pre-Union Irish Statutes". Irish Statute Book. Attorney General ...
Ireland is the second-largest island of the British Isles, the third-largest in Europe and the twentieth-largest in the world. This is a list of articles worth reading to fully understand the island. It is split into 4 sections: History, Geography, Politics and Culture. For an overview of Irish history, see Timeline of Irish history.
1 May – Norman invasion of Ireland [1] starts with the arrival at Bannow Bay in Leinster of Norman military leaders Robert Fitz-Stephen, Maurice FitzGerald and others [2] including Cambro-Norman knight (and vassal of Henry II of England) Richard de Clare ("Strongbow") who has made an alliance with exiled Irish chief Diarmait Mac Murchada to help him regain the throne of Leinster.