Timeline of Irish History
A timeline of the history of Ireland, including the country's political, legal and religious events
0432 AD:
St Patrick arrives to help convert Irish
0795 AD:
Arrival of Norsemen or Vikings on Lambay Island of Dublin Coast
0800 AD:
Book of Kells
1 May 1170:
Arrival of Normans
1171:
Strongbow becomes King of Leinster
1171:
Arrival of Henry II in Ireland
1366:
Statutes of Kilkenny
Feb 1534:
Gerald Fitzgerald Lord Deputy of Ireland summoned to London
Jun 1534:
Kildare Rebellion
1536:
Act of Supremacy - beginning of the Reformation in Ireland.
3 Feb 1537:
Execution of Thomas Fitzgerald and his five uncles at Tyburn, London.
1541:
The Irish Parliament declares the King of England Henry VIII to be the King of Ireland.
1557:
Act providing for the plantation of Laois and Offaly.
1565:
1st Desmond Rebellion
1579:
2nd Desmond Rebellion
1586:
Plantation of Munster begins.
Sep 1588:
Spanish Armada wrecked off the west coast of Ireland.
1594:
Start of Rebellion of Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, and the Nine Years War.
1598:
Hugh O'Neill's victory at Yellow Ford in County Armagh
24 Dec 1601:
Battle of Kinsale
1603:
Surrender of Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone.
4 Sep 1607:
Flight of the Earls
1608:
Ulster Plantation begins.
1613:
James I's Irish parliament opens.
1618:
Letters patent issued for grants in the plantation of north Wexford.
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Timeline of Irish History
A timeline of the history of Ireland, including the country's political, legal and religious events