Events
Fenian uprisingGladstone passes
Land ActGladstone passes
Irish Church ActIsaac Butt creates
Home Rule LeagueBenjamin Disraeli
voted Prime MinisterSecret members of the IRB
in the House of Commons
disrupt ParliamentPotato crop ravaged by blight
again, people demand actionFenians abandon revolt and
support drive for Home RuleDisraeli's foreign policy fails
Gladstone PM againFirst boycottGladstone grants
second Land ActParnell and other leaders
imprisoned in Kilmainham JailParnell released on
condition to stop chaos
in the countrysideBurke and Lord Cavendish
assassinated by group called
'Invincibles'Third Reform Act gives
vote to all male heads of
household (Irish electorate
rises to 3/4 million)Gladstone fails; Lord Salisbury
and Parnell form Conservative
governmentGladstone joins
Home RulersGladstone proposes Home Rule
Bill but rejected in JuneParnell correspondent in
a divorce and public opinion
and support for him dropsIrish party divided as more
than half leave ParnellParnell dies and Irish
party still dividedGladstone tries to
pass Home Rule again
but still failsNorman InvasionKing of Leinster invited Normans
back to defeat the Vikings & become
King of IrelandStatutes of Kilkenny banned Normans
from marrying into Irish families &
speaking the languageHenry VIII creates Protestant
churches & Church of EnglandCatholic church stripped of power,
monasteries destroyed & cathedrals
converted
Ireland reorganised into Kingdom of Ireland
& divided into 32 counties by 1606Flight of the Earls
Earls had little power and had to conform
to English culture so left to retake Ireland
but never returnedPlantation of UlsterIrish Confederate Wars
Puritanism growing in England - King Charles believed
to have too much power over parliament
Catholics rebelled and whole villages executedCromwell led New Model Army
against English forces to victoryCromwell takes IrelandWilliamite War
Protestant William of Orange becomes
King after death of Charles rather than
his Catholic brother James IIISeige of Derry
James III tries to retake England
through Ireland and lays seige for
105 days (8000 dead)Battle of the Boyne
Williamte vs Jacobite forces and James fledTreaty of Limmerick
Jacobites continued but Williamite victory
Treaty gave Catholic land back so parliament
brought back the penal lawsProtestant AscendencyPeriods
Nine Years War
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