378 - Niall of the Nine Hostages becomes High King. [89][90], History of the island and its population, from 12000 years ago to the present, Home Rule, Easter Rising and War of Independence (1912–1922), Devolution and direct rule (1999–present). Sinn Fein proclaims an independent Ireland. Political power thereafter rested almost exclusively in the hands of a minority Protestant Ascendancy, while Catholics and members of dissenting Protestant denominations suffered severe political and economic privations under the Penal Laws. [58] Emigration rose to 1989 levels as the unemployment rate rose from 4.2% in 2007 to reach 14.6% as of February 2012.[59]. Most of those early raiders came from western Norway. ", Timothy W. Guinnane and Ronald I. Miller. The Fitzgerald dynasty of Kildare, who had become the effective rulers of Ireland in the 15th century, had become unreliable allies of the Tudor monarchs. Starting in 2012 a series of conferences on "Reflecting on a decade of War and Revolution in Ireland 1912-1923: Historians and Public History" brought together hundreds of academics, teachers, and the general public. The third wave in 917 established towns as not only control centres, but also as centres of trade to enter into Irish economy and greater Western Europe. Many formerly powerful kingdoms and peoples disappeared. [86][87][88], According to L.A. Clarkson in 1980, the 18th and 19th centuries are the best covered time frames. [45], The majority of the people of Ireland were Catholic peasants; they were very poor and largely inert politically during the eighteenth century, as many of their leaders converted to Protestantism to avoid severe economic and political penalties. From the early 1960s, Ireland sought admission to the European Economic Community but, because 90% of exports were to the United Kingdom market, it did not do so until the UK did, in 1973. Ireland's international economic boom of the 1990s became known as the Celtic Tiger. It was only the peaceful change of government in 1932 that signalled the final acceptance of the Free State on their part. The Normans built walled towns, castles and churches. The Lordship of Ireland lay in the hands of the powerful Fitzgerald Earl of Kildare, who dominated the country by means of military force and alliances with Irish lords and clans. Ireland’s history of emigration continued from this point onwards with the majority of Irish emigrants going to the United States of America. Such political issues were overshadowed however by the worst disaster and tragedy in Irish history – the great famine. Vikings arrive in Ireland in AD 795 – the Vikings first invaded Ireland in AD 795. Inside a Medieval Gaelic Castle, Author : Jarrett A. Lobell, Magazine : Archaeology, p.27. Written accounts from this time (early to mid 840s) show that the Vikings were moving further inland to attack (often using rivers) and then retreating to their coastal headquarters. The Vikings were expert sailors, who travelled in longships, and by the early 840s, had begun to establish settlements along the Irish coasts and to spend the winter months there. Ireland was never a part of the Roman Empire, but Roman influence was often projected well beyond its borders. This culture apparently prospered, and the island became more densely populated. Modern Ireland's detachment of the Church from ordinary life can be explained by the increasing disinterest in Church doctrine by younger generations and the questionable morality of the Church's representatives. Studies of women, and gender relationships more generally, had been rare before 1990; they now are commonplace with over 3000 books and articles. The first Irish people lived by farming, fishing and gathering food such as plants and shellfish. [78] Marshall says historians continue to debate whether Ireland should be considered part of the British Empire. 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W. Joyce, Sources: A National Library of Ireland database for Irish research, Irish history stories recalled on dvd, free web videos online, Historic Maps of Ireland from the Library of Congress, 1665 – 1797. Though nominally neutral, recent studies have suggested a far greater level of involvement by the South with the Allies than was realised, with D Day's date set on the basis of secret weather information on Atlantic storms supplied by Ireland. Unionists feared a loss of political power and economic wealth in a predominantly rural, nationalist, Catholic home-rule state. Most of the violence took place in Northern Ireland, but some also spread to England and across the Irish border. Connolly, Oxford Companion to Irish History, 2002. This period came to be known as the Celtic Tiger and was focused on as a model for economic development in the former Eastern Bloc states, which entered the European Union in the early 2000s (decade). A Brief History of Ireland: Land, People, History by Richard Killeen is necessarily brief and must omit a great deal. [82][83][84], As historiography evolves, new approaches have been applied to the Irish situation. Oxford University Press, 2003, Paseta, Senia :"Modern Ireland: A Very Short Introduction", pp. In 1985 the Irish and British governments signed the Anglo-Irish Agreement signalling a formal partnership in seeking a political solution. The Celts had a huge influence on Ireland. [29] On the other hand, according to Prosper of Aquitaine, a contemporary chronicler, Palladius was sent to Ireland by the Pope in 431 as "first Bishop to the Irish believing in Christ", which demonstrates that there were already Christians living in Ireland. ISBN 9781400874064.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link) After King Henry VIII declared himself head of the Church in England in 1534 he ensured that the Irish Parliament declared him King of Ireland in 1541. 1948 Ireland … Such was the division of opinion in Ireland that a Civil War followed from 1922 to 1923 between pro and anti treaty forces, with Collins (pro-treaty) and de Valera (anti-treaty) on opposing sides. For most of the next 75 years, each territory was strongly aligned to either Catholic or Protestant ideologies, although this was more marked in the six counties of Northern Ireland. Whitaker, who produced a series of economic plans. Even larger numbers came voluntarily as indentured servants. Following the arrival of Saint Patrick and other Christian missionaries in the early to mid-5th century, Christianity took over the indigenous pagan religion by the year 600 AD. (2016). They controlled all major sectors of the Irish economy, the bulk of the farmland, the These laws set about disempowering Catholics, denying them, for example, the right to take leases or own land above a certain value, outlawing Catholic clergy, forbidding higher education and entry to the professions, and imposing oaths of conformity to the state church, the Church of Ireland. On the interior of the town, an extensive series of defences have been excavated at Fishamble Street, Dublin. Part of the agreement forming the basis of union was that the Test Act would be repealed to remove any remaining discrimination against Roman Catholics, Presbyterians, Baptists and other dissenter religions in the newly United Kingdom. Ireland has been shaped by many things over the centuries, but three factors have predominated: migration, sovereignty and religion. However, public opinion turned when the British administration responded by executing many of the leaders and participants in the Rising. Unwilling to negotiate any understanding with Britain short of complete independence, the Irish Republican Army, the army of the newly declared Irish Republic, waged a guerilla war (the Irish War of Independence) from 1919 to 1921. Henry was proclaimed King of Ireland at a meeting of the Irish Parliament that year. Home Rule became certain when in 1910 the Irish Parliamentary Party (IPP) under John Redmond held the balance of power in Commons and the third Home Rule Bill was introduced in 1912. The Irish delegation was led by Arthur Griffith and Michael Collins. They also increased agriculture and commerce in Ireland. The Republic of Ireland shares a border with Northern Ireland, which is part of the UK. The Norman invasion in 1169 resulted again in a partial conquest of the island and marked the beginning of more than 800 years of English political and military involvement in Ireland. They did not seek independence because they knew they were heavily outnumbered and ultimately depended upon the British Army to guarantee their security.[48]. Two periods of war (1641–53 and 1689–91) caused huge loss of life. Subsequent Irish antagonism toward England was aggravated by the economic situation of Ireland in the 18th century. A sudden return to freezing conditions known as the Younger Dryas cold phase, which lasted from 10,900 BC to 9700 BC, may have depopulated Ireland. This culminated in O'Connell's successful election in the Clare by-election, which revived the parliamentary efforts at reform. Although IRA violence decreased it was obvious that no military victory was on hand in either the short or medium terms. The early embankments were non-defensive, being only one metre high, and it is uncertain how much of the site they encircled. As time went on it became clear that these two rival states would bring about a civil war. Except for emigration, little has been written on Ireland's external economic relations in the 19th century. Some were attracted to the more militant example of the French Revolution of 1789. [69], The national flag of Ireland is a tricolour of green, white and orange. Power was held by the 5% who were Protestants belonging to the Church of Ireland. It also eclipsed the home rule movement. The war is usually said to have run between 1919 and 1921, but violence both preceded these dates and continued afterwards. Non-violent protest became an increasingly important factor in mobilising Catholic sympathies and opinion and thus more effective in generating support than actively violent groups such as the IRA. For example, King John encouraged Hugh de Lacy to destabilise and then overthrow the Lord of Ulster, before naming him as the first Earl of Ulster. For the next 27½ years, with the exception of five months in 1974, Northern Ireland was under "direct rule" with a Secretary of State for Northern Ireland in the British Cabinet responsible for the departments of the Northern Ireland government. In December 1921 representatives of both governments signed an Anglo-Irish Treaty. In contrast to many other states in the period, the Free State remained financially solvent as a result of low government expenditure, despite the Economic War with Britain. Paratroops opened fire on civil rights protesters in Derry, killing 13 unarmed civilians. There was a movement away from the construction of communal megalithic tombs to the burial of the dead in small stone cists or simple pits, which could be situated in cemeteries or in circular earth or stone built burial mounds known respectively as barrows and cairns. In 1922 both parliaments ratified the Treaty, formalising independence for the 26-county Irish Free State (which renamed itself Ireland in 1937, and declared itself a republic in 1949); while the 6-county Northern Ireland, gaining Home Rule for itself, remained part of the United Kingdom. Most of the settlements were near the water, allowing the Vikings to trade using their longships. The Vikings introduced the concept of international trade to the Irish,[dubious – discuss] as well as popularizing a silver based economy with local trade and the first minting of coins in 997. However, a minority of nationalists did not trust the British government leading to one of the most pivotal events in Irish history, the Easter Rising. [72] There has been both a standard interpretation and, since the late 1930s, a good deal of revisionism. The first group of people to populate Ireland were the hunter-gatherers around 8000 BC. Ireland's bronze age begins with the emergence of "protohistoric" Gaelic Ireland in the 2nd Millennium BC and ends with arrival of Celtic la Tène culture by central Europe. During the 17th century, Ireland was convulsed by eleven years of warfare, beginning with the Rebellion of 1641, when Irish Catholics rebelled against the domination of English and Protestant settlers. In addition the Church largely controlled the State's hospitals, schools and remained the largest provider of many other social services. The history of Northern Ireland has since been dominated by the division of society along sectarian faultlines and conflict between (mainly Catholic) Irish nationalists and (mainly Protestant) British unionists. [34] This led to prosperity for Ireland over the next few years. [3] 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. After being defeated in Ireland, King Dairmait Mac Murchada of Leinster sailed to England in 1166 where he enlisted a private army of Anglo-French noblemen led by the Earl of Pembroke, also known as Strongbow who was made heir of Leinster in return. They had invited Burgundian troops into Dublin to crown the Yorkist pretender, Lambert Simnel as King of England in 1487. … Many Irish nationalists believed that Home Rule would be granted after the war if they supported the British war effort. Some 25-26% of GDP was needed to bail out failing Irish banks and force banking sector consolidation. The Princeton History of Modern Ireland. Inspired by the French Revolution, in 1791 an organisation called the United Irishmen was formed with the ideal of bringing Irish people of all religions together to reform and reduce Britain’s power in Ireland. This community raised c… 4. Free second-level education was introduced by Donogh O'Malley as Minister for Education in 1968. Registered charity number CHY6262. [38], By the 12th century, Ireland was divided politically into a shifting hierarchy of petty kingdoms and over-kingdoms. Irish History Timeline: 2,000,000 - 30,000 BC 3000 BC 2500 BC 1800 BC 500 BC AD 1 - 500 297 - 450 431 432 490 546 547/8 563 580 - 680 590 635 - 51 650 - 750 664 698 - 700 795: The 'Pleistocene period', during which Ireland was extremely cold and the sea level rose and fell. The Irish Volunteers were led by Padraig Pearse and the Irish Citizen Army was led by James Connolly. Unionist leader and first Prime Minister, James Craig, declared that it would be "a Protestant State for a Protestant People". Circa 1200. In new elections in 2003, the moderate Ulster Unionist and (nationalist) Social Democrat and Labour parties lost their dominant positions to the more hard-line Democratic Unionist and (nationalist) Sinn Féin parties. The core of the Irish Volunteers were against this decision, but the majority left to form the National Volunteers who enlisted in Irish regiments of the New British Army, the 10th and 16th (Irish) Divisions, their Northern counterparts in the 36th (Ulster) Division. Around 300BC, Iron Age warriors known as the Celts came to Ireland from mainland Europe. ANCIENT IRELAND. Around the country, local Gaelic and Gaelicised lords expanded their powers at the expense of the English government in Dublin but the power of the Dublin government was seriously curtailed by the introduction of Poynings' Law in 1494. One of these men, King Diarmait Mac Murchada of Leinster was forcibly exiled by the new High King, Ruaidri mac Tairrdelbach Ua Conchobair of the Western kingdom of Connacht. It effectively ended the era of the absentee landlord, finally resolving the Irish Land Question. "Historiography" in Bourke and Ian McBride, eds. They hunted animals like deer … The period 1916–1921 was marked by political violence and upheaval, ending in the partition of Ireland and independence for 26 of its 32 counties. All failed, but physical force nationalism remained an undercurrent in the nineteenth century. [22][23], The hypothesis that the native Late Bronze Age inhabitants gradually absorbed Celtic influences has since been supported by some recent genetic research.[24]. The story of the Troubles is inextricably entwined with the history of Ireland as whole and, as such, can be seen as stemming from the first British incursion on the island, the Anglo-Norman invasion of the late 12th century, which left a wave of settlers whose descendants became known as the “Old English.” • Richard Bourke and Ian McBride, eds. Oxford University Press, 2003, Paseta, Senia: "Modern Ireland: A Very Short Introduction", pp. c. 6500 BC. In 1937 when the Constitution of Ireland was introduced, the tricolour was formally confirmed as the national flag: "The national flag is the tricolour of green, white and orange." After this point, the English authorities in Dublin established real control over Ireland for the first time, bringing a centralised government to the entire island, and successfully disarmed the native lordships. Many famous Irish myths stem from … Some of these founded entirely new kingdoms in Pictland and, to a lesser degree, in parts of Cornwall, Wales, and Cumbria. In 1926 the majority of the population in the province were Presbyterian and Anglican therefore solidifying Craig's Protestant political power. Because most of the English and Norman inhabitants of Ireland lived in towns and villages, the plague hit them far harder than it did the native Irish, who lived in more dispersed rural settlements. In the 1960s, Ireland underwent a major economic change under reforming Taoiseach (prime minister) Seán Lemass and Secretary of the Department of Finance T.K. The Catholic Relief Act 1829 was eventually approved by the UK parliament under the leadership of the Dublin-born Prime Minister, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. As the period progressed, inhumation burial gave way to cremation and by the Middle Bronze Age, remains were often placed beneath large burial urns. ", Brendan Bradshaw, "Nationalism and historical scholarship in modern Ireland. The emphasis is usually on the human consequences of controlling a country and establishing settlers for the economic exploitation of the native people and their land. With the authority of the papal bull Laudabiliter from Adrian IV, Henry landed with a large fleet at Waterford in 1171, becoming the first King of England to set foot on Irish soil. The outbreak was televised by international media, and as a result the march was highly publicised which further confirmed the socio-political turmoil in Ireland. Initially successful, Norman gains were rolled back over succeeding centuries as a Gaelic resurgence[2] reestablished Gaelic cultural preeminence over most of the country, apart from the walled towns and the area around Dublin known as The Pale. This resulted in a major financial and political crisis as Ireland entered a recession. However, other research has postulated that the culture developed gradually and continuously, and that the introduction of Celtic language and elements of Celtic culture may have been a result of cultural exchange with Celtic groups in southwest continental Europe from the Neolithic to the Bronze Age. The war continued between the different lords and earls for about 100 years, causing much destruction, especially around Dublin. The Iron Age in Ireland began about 600 BC. In 1969 British troops were sent to Derry and Belfast to maintain order and to protect the Catholic minority. Many young people emigrated to the United Kingdom, the United States of America and Australia. The re-conquest was completed during the reigns of Elizabeth and James I, after several brutal conflicts. Historians estimate that Ireland was first settled by humans at a relatively late stage in European terms – about 10,000 years ago. The first Norman knights landed in Ireland in 1167, followed by the main forces of Normans, Welsh and Flemings. The continuing enactment of parliamentary reform during the ensuing administrations further extended the initially limited franchise. In the cities of the United States, new chapters of Irish history were bring written in exile as Irish-Americans rose to positions of prominence, participated with distinction in the Civil War, and agitated to oust British rule from their homeland. Unionist resistance was immediate with the formation of the Ulster Volunteers. The treaty to sever the Union divided the republican movement into anti-Treaty (who wanted to fight on until an Irish Republic was achieved) and pro-Treaty supporters (who accepted the Free State as a first step towards full independence and unity). The violence continued for 28 years until an uneasy, but largely successful peace was finally achieved with the Good Friday Agreement in 1998. The new Irish Free State (1922–37) existed against the backdrop of the growth of dictatorships in mainland Europe and a major world economic downturn in 1929. 432 - Saint Patrick arrives in Ireland and introduces Christianity. Under the same Government of Ireland Act of 1920 that created the Irish Free State, the Parliament of Northern Ireland was created. During the 18th century strict enforcement of the Penal laws eased but by 1778 Catholics held only about 5% of the land in Ireland. They remain so to this day. The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) uses the tricolour to represent the whole island. In time this began a move towards military cessation. However, economic reforms in the late 1980s, helped by investment from the European Community, led to the emergence of one of the world's highest economic growth rates, with mass immigration (particularly of people from Asia and Eastern Europe) as a feature of the late 1990s. The Emerald Isle. Ireland has a very large historiography, contributed by scholars in Ireland, North America, and Britain. The new Irish Free State government defeated the anti-Treaty remnant of the Irish Republican Army, imposing multiple executions. Furthermore, unlike the Anglo-Normans the Gaelic kings did not keep detailed estate inventories and accounts. In particular, the Dál Riata settled in western Scotland and the Western Isles. The period of Insular art, mainly in the fields of illuminated manuscripts, metalworking, and sculpture flourished and produced such treasures as the Book of Kells, the Ardagh Chalice, and the many carved stone crosses that dot the island. The Church was disestablished by the Gladstone government in 1867. The Vikings never achieved total domination of Ireland, often fighting for and against various Irish kings. As a provisional solution for certain sports fixtures, the Flag of the Four Provinces enjoys a certain amount of general acceptance and popularity. For more information see our, Republic of Ireland – 20th Century to present day. The Troubles in Northern Ireland discouraged foreign investment. [1] Viking penetration was limited and concentrated along coasts and rivers, and ceased to be a major threat to Gaelic culture after the Battle of Clontarf in 1014. (2008) The Island of Ireland: Drowning the Myth of an Irish Land-bridge? Their activity culminated in the Irish Rebellion of 1798, which was bloodily suppressed. 116–118. In the 1980s the Irish economy was in recession and large numbers of people emigrated for employment reasons. [75][76], A great deal of attention has focused on the Irish revolutionary period, 1912-23. Major scandals in the Roman Catholic Church, both sexual and financial, coincided with a widespread decline in religious practice, with weekly attendance at Roman Catholic Mass dropping by half in twenty years. 1920 "Black and Tans" are sent to Ireland as police reinforcements; 30 people are killed in Belfast and … It begins at the dawn of history 12,500 years ago and goes to the decline of the Celtic Tiger in the early Twenty-first Century. Timeline of Viking activity in Ireland – essential timeline of the Vikings in Ireland. The towns founded by the Vikings continued to grow and thrive as centres of Irish trade and finance. Farming marked the arrival of the new Stone Age. Understudied areas include economic growth and fluctuations, the labor market, capital formation and business, history. 1939-45 Ireland remains neutral during WW2 despite the offer of a United Ireland having been made to DeVelera if Ireland enters the war on behalf of the Allies. Many of these families lived in England and were absentee landlords, whose loyalty was basically to England. Mesolithic hunter-gatherers migrate to Ireland. England colonises Ireland. Outside the GPO (General Post Office) in Dublin city centre, Padraig Pearse read the Proclamation of the Republic which declared an Irish Republic independent of Britain. Early Viking raids were generally fast-paced and small in scale. The first Lord of Ireland was King John, who visited Ireland in 1185 and 1210 and helped consolidate the Norman-controlled areas, while ensuring that the many Irish kings swore fealty to him. When this failed, senior republican figures began to look to broaden the struggle from purely military means. The Unionist Party was lead by Sir Edward Carson. Global economic problems in the 1970s, augmented by a set of misjudged economic policies followed by governments, including that of Taoiseach Jack Lynch, caused the Irish economy to stagnate. In December 1921 a treaty was signed by the Irish and British authorities. These hunter-gatherers migrated and settled in the area just after the last Ice Age ended. The catastrophe of the Great Famine struck Ireland in 1845 resulting in over a million deaths from starvation and disease and a million refugees fleeing the country, mainly to America. Tacitus writes that an exiled Irish prince was with Agricola in Roman Britain and would return to seize power in Ireland. By the beginning of the 1990s Ireland had transformed itself into a modern industrial economy and generated substantial national income that benefited the entire nation. The agreement also stated that the two governments must implement a cross-border co-operation. Other more … However, the army soon came to be seen as a tool of the Protestant majority by the minority Catholic community. pp. In the December 1918 elections Sinn Féin, the party of the rebels, won three-quarters of all seats in Ireland, twenty-seven MPs of which assembled in Dublin on 21 January 1919 to form a 32-county Irish Republic Parliament, the first Dáil Éireann unilaterally declaring sovereignty over the entire island. Ptolemy, in AD 100, recorded Ireland's geography and tribes. 19ff. To ensure implementation of Home Rule after the war, nationalist leaders and the IPP under Redmond supported Ireland's participation in the British and Allied war effort under the Triple Entente against the expansion of Central Powers. [68] In 2011 Ireland closed its embassy at the Vatican, an apparent result of this growing trend. The majority of the public was actually opposed to the Rising. In Ulster in the north of Ireland the majority of people were Protestants. By the late 4th century AD Christianity had begun to gradually subsume or replace the earlier Celtic polytheism. In recent years, some experts have hypothesized that Roman-sponsored Gaelic forces (or perhaps even Roman regulars) mounted some kind of invasion around AD 100,[27] but the exact relationship between Rome and the dynasties and peoples of Hibernia remains unclear.
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