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Although the French joined by thousands of rebels, they were defeated by British and Irish loyalist forces. The fear of further attempts to create a French satellite in Ireland led to the Act of Union, merging the Kingdom of Great Britain and Kingdom of Ireland to create the United Kingdom in 1801. Ireland now lost its last vestiges of ...
In 1625, they gained a temporary halt to land confiscations by agreeing to pay for England's war with France and Spain. [65] In addition to the plantations, thousands of independent settlers arrived in Ireland in the early 17th century, from the Netherlands and France as well as Britain. Many of them became chief tenants of Irish land-owners ...
While some possible Paleolithic tools have been found, none of the finds is convincing of Paleolithic settlement in Ireland. [4] However a bear bone found in Alice and Gwendoline Cave, County Clare, in 1903 may push back dates for the earliest human settlement of Ireland to 10,500 BC. The bone shows clear signs of cut marks with stone tools and ...
The United Irishmen Rebellion of 1798 (which sought to end British rule in Ireland) failed, and the 1800 Act of Union merged the Kingdom of Ireland into a combined United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. [4] In the mid-19th century, the Great Famine (1845–1852) resulted in the death or emigration of over two million people. At the time ...
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Acts of Union 1800 Catholic emancipation Great Famine of Ireland: 1919: Irish Republic: Irish War of Independence Partition of Ireland: 1921/1922: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Northern Ireland) Irish Free State 1937: Ireland: The Emergency Battle of Britain The Troubles Celtic ...
The term Great Britain was first used officially in 1474, ... France and Ireland". ... A copy of Ptolemy's 2nd-century map of Roman Britain. See notes to image above.
Union of Great Britain with Ireland to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland: Guernsey (incl. islands of Brecqhou, Herm, Jethou, Lihou, and Sark) 1198–1204 Lordship 1204–1205 Fiefdom 1206–1279 Fiefdom 1279–1940 Bailiwick: 1940–1945 Occupied by Germany 1945–present Bailiwick Heligoland: 1807–1814 Occupied 1814–1890 ...
Until 1927, the monarch's royal title included the words "of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland". In 1927, the words "United Kingdom" were removed from the royal title so that the monarch was instead styled as "King/Queen of Great Britain, Ireland...[and other places]". The words "United Kingdom" were restored to the monarch's ...