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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 .
19th c. ← Ireland in the 20th century → 21st c. ... History of Northern Ireland; History of the Republic of Ireland; I. Irish issue in British politics; U.
The Civil War between Irish nationalists created a great deal of bitterness and the Civil War cleavage also produced the two main parties of independent Ireland in the 20th century. The number of dead has yet to be accurately counted but is considered to be around 2,000; at least as high as the number killed in the preceding War of Independence.
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.
Blurring linguistic structures from older forms of English (notably Elizabethan English) and the Irish language, it is known as Hiberno-English and was strongly associated with early 20th century Celtic Revival and Irish writers like J.M. Synge, George Bernard Shaw, Seán O'Casey, and had resonances in the English of Dubliner Oscar Wilde.
In 1886, with the introduction of the first Home Rule Bill in the House of Commons, the term the Anglo-Irish quarrel [4] gained favour and became more acceptable than the implied condescension of the Irish question. The Irish question affected British politics in much the same way that the nationalities problem affected Austria-Hungary. Normal ...
Ireland was scheduled to receive a measure of devolved government, which included Ulster, later in the year. The incident is important in 20th-century Irish history, and is notable for being one of the few occasions since the English Civil War in which elements of the British military openly intervened in politics. It is widely thought of as a ...
Pages in category "Years of the 20th century in Ireland" The following 100 pages are in this category, out of 100 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .