Irish History
Category: Other
Updated: 4 Apr 2021
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Created byAbby O'Reilly
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1801
Act of Union1823
Catholic Association
established by
Daniel O'Connell
(aka The Liberator)May 1828
Daniel O'Connell
elected MP for
County Clare1829
Catholic Relief Act1848
Young Irelander Rebellion
in County Tipperary1858
Irish Republican Brotherhood founded1861
Famine1867
Fenian Rising1867
Manchester Martyrs1869
Irish Church Act1870
Home Government Association1871
Westmeath Act1873
Home Rule League1874
Home Rule League
wins 60 seats in
UK General Election1879
National Land League formed1870
First Land Act1880
Irish Parliamentary Party
win majority of Irish seats
in UK General Election1880
Parnell elected chairman of
Irish Parliamentary Party1881
Land Law Act1881
Parnell and other leaders of
National Land League arrestedOct 1881
Land League outlawedMay 1882
Kilmainham TreatyMay 1882
Phoenix Park MurdersDec 1884
Representation of the People ActNov 1885
IPP win 85 seats
in UK ElectionJan 1886
Ulster Loyal Anti-Repeal Union
formedApril 1886
Gladstone introduces
First Home Rule Bill
to ParliamentJune 1886
First Home Rule Bill
fails to pass in parliamentOct 1891
Parnell diesJune 1892
Huge Unionist Convention
against Home RuleJuly 1893
Gaelic League foundedSep 1893
Second Home Rule Bill rejectedAug 1898
Local Government (Ireland) ActNov 1884
Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA)
foundedNov 1905
Sinn Féin foundedJan 1913
Ulster Volunteer Force foundedJan 1913
Third Home Rule Bill defeatedAug 1913
Start of Dublin Lock-outNov 1913
Irish Citizen Army foundedNov 1913
Irish Volunteers foundedMarch 1914
Curragh MutinyApril 1914
Foundation of
Cumann na mBanApril 1914July 1914
Howth Gun RunningAug 1914
World War I declaredSept 1914
Home Rule Act
receives Royal AssentDec 1916
Gov releases
all Rising prisonersMay 1917
PM Home Rule
announcementJuly 1917
Irish Convention
meets for first timeOct 1917
DeV elected
Pres Sinn Féin1917
Scoil Bhríde, Ranelagh,
founded as the first gaelscoil
(Irish-language school)April 1918
Conscription CrisisNov 1918
WWI EndsJuly 1918
Sinn Féin, Irish Volunteers,
Gaelic League & Cumann na mBan
are bannedDec 1918
Sinn Féin landslide
UK ElectionJan 1919
-First Dáil Éireann
meeting
-War of IndependenceApril 1919
Second Dáil Éireann Meeting:
- DeV President
- ConMark Minister LabourSept 1919
Dáil Éireann declared illegal
by British authoritiesApril 1920
IRA Hunger StrikesAug 1920
Restoration of Order
in Ireland ActNov 1920
Bloody Sunday //
Croke Park MassacreDec 1920
Government of Ireland Act -
Northern Ireland partitionMay 1921
Northern Ireland createdMay 1921
Second Dáil Elections
in Southern IrelandMay 1921
First Northern Ireland
Election - Unionist majorityMay 1921
Custom House BurnsJul 1921
Bloody Sunday
Northern IrelandJuly 1921
War of Independence TruceOct 1921
Irish Treaty Conference
in LondonDec 1921
Anglo-Irish Treaty
agreement is reachedJan 1922
Dáil Éireann
votes FOR
treatyJan 1922
Arthur Griffith elected
President of Provisional GovernmentApril 1922
200 anti-Treaty IRA
occupy Four CourtsJune 1922
Irish Civil War and
Battle of Dublin
beginAug 1922
Michael Collins killedDec 1922
Irish Free State
comes into existenceDec 1922
Northern Ireland rejoins
the United KingdomSep 1923
Fourth Dáil
W. T. Cosgrave PresidentNov 1924
Cosgrave announces
amnesty for Civil War crimesPeriods
1798 Rebellion1845-1852
Great Famine1879 - 1882
Irish Land WarJuly - Sept 1886
Riots in BelfastApr 1916
Easter RisingExecutions of Leaders1919-1921
Irish War of Independence1922-1923
Irish Civil War
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