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Major events and figures (Early)Major events and figures (Early)

Vikings

Normans

Henry VIII

Elizabeth I

Oliver Cromwell

William of Orange

Plantations

Catholic Penal Laws

1590s O’Neill Uprising

Vikings

Normans

Henry VIII

Elizabeth I

Oliver Cromwell

William of Orange

Plantations

Catholic Penal Laws

1590s O’Neill Uprising

Major Events (1700-1900)Major Events (1700-1900)

1798 Rebellion

1800 Act of Union

1845-1849 Potato Blights and The Great Famine

National Schools

Ordinance Survey

1798 Rebellion

1800 Act of Union

1845-1849 Potato Blights and The Great Famine

National Schools

Ordinance Survey

Major events (Early 1900s)Major events (Early 1900s)

1916 Easter Rising

1919-1921 War for Independence, Anglo Irish Treaty

1922 Irish Free State established

1922-1923 Civil War (Free State vs. IRA)

1916 Easter Rising

1919-1921 War for Independence, Anglo Irish Treaty

1922 Irish Free State established

1922-1923 Civil War (Free State vs. IRA)

Major Events (late 1900s)Major Events (late 1900s)

1968 First Civil Rights March

1971 First British Soldier killed by IRA, NI will hold suspected Republicans without trial

1972 Bloody Sunday

1998 Good Friday Agreement

1968 First Civil Rights March

1971 First British Soldier killed by IRA, NI will hold suspected Republicans without trial

1972 Bloody Sunday

1998 Good Friday Agreement

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