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c. 16,000 BC. During the Last Glacial Maximum, Ireland is covered in ice sheets. c. 12,000 BC. A narrow channel forms between Prehistoric Ireland and southwest Scotland [1] c. 10,000 BC. Carbon-dating on bear bones indicate the presence of Paleolithic people in County Clare. [2] c. 8000 BC.
Ireland was part of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1922. For almost all of this period, the island was governed by the UK Parliament in London through its Dublin Castle administration in Ireland. Ireland underwent considerable difficulties in the 19th century, especially the Great Famine of the 1840s which started a population decline that ...
Ireland portal. v. t. e. The first evidence of human presence in Ireland dates to around 34,000 years ago, with further findings dating the presence of homo sapiens to around 10,500 to 7,000 BCE. [1] The receding of the ice after the Younger Dryas cold phase of the Quaternary, around 9700 BCE, heralds the beginning of Prehistoric Ireland, which ...
History of Ireland. The Irish state came into being in 1919 as the 32 county Irish Republic. In 1922, having seceded from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland under the Anglo-Irish Treaty, it became the Irish Free State. It comprised 26 counties with 6 counties under the control of Unionists which became Northern Ireland in 1921.
1552 – Belfast Castle is rebuilt and fortified by Sir James Croft, Lord Deputy of Ireland, and put under the command of Hugh Mac Neil Og. [13] 1555 – Hugh Mac Neil Og is killed by Scottish raiders and command of Belfast Castle is granted to Randolphus Lane. [13] 1571 – Belfast Castle and surrounding lands are granted to Sir Thomas Smith ...
Irish revolutionary period. The revolutionary period in Irish history was the period in the 1910s and early 1920s when Irish nationalist opinion shifted from the Home Rule -supporting Irish Parliamentary Party to the republican Sinn Féin movement. There were several waves of civil unrest linked to Ulster loyalism, trade unionism, and physical ...
This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total. History timelines of Northern Ireland (8 P) Republic of Ireland history timelines (2 C, 2 P)
NI (NI) is a region of the United Kingdom (UK) that operates in an island economy sharing a land border with Ireland. ^ Statutory Rules & Orders published by authority, 1921 (No. 533); Additional source for 3 May 1921 date: Alvin Jackson (2004). Home Rule – An Irish History. Oxford University Press. p. 198.
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