Northern Ireland’s History Time-line

Northern Ireland’s locals have been witness to invasions, battles, famines and a lot more. In this section you will learn some of Ireland’s more important historic events and how to help shape the country as we see it today. As historic events in Ireland took place they influenced the Irish culture  in many different ways so sit back and enjoy this section of Irish history.

Ancient Northern Ireland

• 3200BC – Irish passage tombs such as Newgrange are built
• 700BC – The Iron Age Period and the Celts in Ireland

Medieval period in Northern Ireland

• 432 – St Patrick arrives in Ireland
• 1155 – English King Henry II is given authority over Ireland by Pope Adrian
• 1297 – Irish Parliament is founded

16th Century in Northern Ireland

• 1567 – The Battle of Farsetmore
• 1580 – The Siege of Smerwick
• 1594 –   The begining of the nine years war

17th Century Northern Ireland

• 1642 – The Irish Confederate Wars
• 1662 – Act of Settlement 1662 is passed by Irish parliment
• 1695 – The introduction of Anti-Catholic Penal Laws

18th Century Northern Ireland

• 1760 – French invaders attack Carrickfergus looting the castle
• 1791 – The Society of United Irishmen is founded
• 1798 – Irish Rebellion of 1798

19th Century Northern Ireland

• 1845 – Ireland suffers from a major famine.
• 1858 – The Irish Republican Brotherhood is formed
• 1867 – The Fenian Rising
• 1879 – The Irish National Land League is founded

20th Century Northern History

• 1914 – The First World War begins
• 1916 – The Easter Rising Sunday
• 1919 – The Irish War of Independence
• 1920 – Government of Ireland Act 1920 introduced. Ireland becomes partitioned with the creation of Northern Ireland
• 1939 – Word War II begins
• 1967 – The Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association (NICRA) is founded
• 1999 – Nuala O’Loan becomes the first Police Ombudsman in Northern Ireland

21st Century History of Northern Ireland

• 2007 – Ian Paisley is elected First Minister of the Northern Ireland Assembly
• 2007- Martin McGuinness becomes deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland

More information on: http://www.yourirish.com/history/