Ireland's History

Question 1

10.5k BC and 500 BC

Answer 1

10.5k BC [First Human’s enter current Ireland.]

500 B.C [Celt’s begin to immigrate to current Ireland.]

Question 2

5th c. AD

Answer 2

5th c. AD [Gaelic society dominated Ireland, establishing tribal kingdoms.]

5th c. AD [ 432 AD - St. Patrick converts Ireland to Christianity. Before - pagonism]

Question 3

8th c. AD

Answer 3

8th c. AD [Viking invasions]

Question 4

1014 AD

Answer 4

1014 AD [The Battle of Clontarf - led by King Brian Boru, who was killed in battle.]

Question 5

12th c. AD

Answer 5

12th c. AD [The Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland 1169 AD, King Henry II of England claimed lordship over Ireland, marking the beginning of English influence.]

Question 6

1594 AD - 1603 AD

Answer 6

1594 AD - 1603 AD [The Nine Years’ War - Irish lords vs the English crown. Irelands Defeat - a significant loss of Gaelic autonomy.

Question 7

17th c. AD

Answer 7

17th c. AD [English Civil War & Williamite War - Catholic vs Protestant - The Irish Catholics were defeated in the Battle of Boyne 1690. Ireland became largely Protestant, with Catholics facing heavy discrimination.

Question 8

1700’s AD

Answer 8

[The Protestant Ascendancy - Irish laws limiting the rights of Catholics - Penal Laws.]

Question 9

1782 AD

Answer 9

[The Revolutionary period in Ireland led to grants of legislative independence, though Britain still controlled Ireland’s foreign affairs.]

Question 10

1798 AD

Answer 10

[The Irish Rebellion of 1798 - a failed uprising.]

Question 11

1801 AD

Answer 11

[Unification of Ireland and Great Britain - Creation of The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Ireland lost it’s parliament.]

Question 12

1845 AD - 1852 AD

Answer 12

[The Great Irish Famine - 1m. ppl dead, mass emigration, primarily to US.]

Question 13

1860’s AD - 1870’s AD

Answer 13

[Several Irish Independence movement - “Fenian Brotherhood” in USA, “Irish Republican Brotherhood” in Ireland to liberate Ireland from British rule.]

Question 14

1916 AD

Answer 14

[The Easter Rising in Dublin - Pivotal event in the Irish struggle for independence, rising was suppressed, but significantly inspired the independence movement.]

Question 15

1919 AD - 1921 AD

Answer 15

[The Irish War of Independence/ Anglo-Irish War - Ended with the Anglo-Irish Treaty establishing the Irish Free State.]

Question 16

1922 AD - 1923 AD

Answer 16

[The Irish Civil War [pro-Treaty vs anti-Treaty]. Pro-Treaty won.]

Question 17

1937 AD

Answer 17

[The Irish Free State adopted a new constitution, establishing the Republic of Ireland as a sovereign state.]

Question 18

1949 AD

Answer 18

[Ireland formally declared itself a republic and left the British Commonwealth.]

Question 19

1960’s AD - 1998 AD

Answer 19

[”The Troubles” - period of conflict in Northern Ireland, resolved by the Good Friday Agreement - established a devolved government in Northern Ireland.

Question 20

[Act of retaliation/revenge in response of an offense or a wrong.]

Answer 20

Reprisals

Question 21

[Something that causes damage/decay/deteriation.]

Answer 21

Blight