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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 .
In the wake of the wars of conquest of the 17th century, completely deforested of timber for export (usually for the Royal Navy) and for a temporary iron industry in the course of the 17th century, Irish estates turned to the export of salt beef, pork, butter, and hard cheese through the slaughterhouse and port city of Cork, which supplied England, the British navy and the sugar islands of the ...
History of Ireland guide; Irish History Digitized; Ireland Under Coercion – "The diary of an American", by William Henry Hurlbert, published 1888, from Project Gutenberg; The Story of Ireland by Emily Lawless, 1896 (Project Gutenberg) Timeline of Irish History 1840–1916 (1916 Rebellion Walking Tour) A Concise History of Ireland by P. W. Joyce
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.
Irish inventions and discoveries are objects, processes or techniques which owe their existence either partially or entirely to an Irish person. Often, things which are discovered for the first time, are also called "inventions", and in many cases, there is no clear line between the two. Below is a list of such inventions.
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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.
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 .