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Irish Roots Project

Iron Age 500 BC – AD 400

From the Fifths to Two

In late prehistory, Ireland consisted of the cóiceda or "fifths" of the Ulaid (Ulster), the Connachta (Connacht), the Laigin (Leinster), Mumu (Munster) and Mide (Meath). Then the rise of new dynasties, the Uí Néill in the north and midlands and the Eóganachta in the south-west

159 Conn Cétchathach "Conn of the Hundred Battles" Ceadcatha aka High King of Ireland Killed

Category: Gaelic Ireland

Golden Age of Ireland 400-900

Golden Age of Irish Monastic Scholarship Category

Saint Patrick returns to Ireland 432

431 - Palladius is sent as the first bishop by Pope Celestine
432 - Saint Patrick returns to Ireland
624 - Adamnan mac Rónán (abt.0624-abt.0704) Adamnán of Iona

Start of the Eóganachta Dynasties

Eóganachta Dynasties - PPN - Wikipedia

Start of the Uí Néill Dynasties

Project - Category

452 - Niall Noigiallach "Niall of the Nine Hostages" dies - The founders of the Uí Néill Dynasties are his alleged 7 sons.
459 – Battle of Ath Dara
464 – First Battle of Dumha Aichir
468 – Battle of Bri Ele
470 – Second Battle of Dumha Aichir
476 – First Battle of Granard
478 – Battle of Ocha
480 – Second Battle of Granard
483 – Battle of Ochae
489 – Battle of Tailtin
491 – Battle of Cell Losnaid
492 – Battle of Sleamhain, in Meath
493 – Battle for the Body of St. Patrick
494 – Battle of Ceann Ailbhe
496 – Battle of Druim Lochmaighe
497 – Battle of Inde Mor, in Crioch Ua nGabhla
499 – Battle of Seaghais

Global climate event (possibly a volcanic winter) causes crop failures and famine in Ireland 536

c.560 battle of Cúl Dreimhne (also known as the Battle of the Book) Wikipedia
649 - The Battle of Carnn Chonaill - King Guaire Aidne mac Colmáin was sent fleeing by high-king Diarmait mac Áedo Sláine (-abt.0665)
703 Category: Battle of Corann, 703
722 Category: Battle of Almain, 722

Medieval Warm Period 900-1300

Viking Era 795-1014

Also see Project Early_Scandinavia

The people of the Uí Ímair page
795-1014 Viking era in Ireland PPN - Category:Irish_History,_Kingdoms_of_the_Vikings
795 - First Viking raids on Iona, Rathlin Island, and Inishmurray.
852 - Vikings Ivar Beinlaus and Olaf the White land in Dublin Bay Kings of Dublin - Project
914 - Sitric Caoch ua Ímair, grandson of Ivar (King of Dublin and York) lead a group of exiled Irish Norse from Lancashire and Cumbria, to retake Dublin (Áth Cliath / Dyflinn)
914 - Vikings take Waterford
917 battle of Ath-cliath (i.e. of Cill-Mosamhog) The Battle of Cenn Fuait / The Battle of Confey [1] Category
919 Battle of Áth Cliath, 0919 category
920 - Vikings take Limerick
937 Battle of Brunanburh PPN Category
1101 – Battle of Grianan
1103 – Battle of Magh Cobha

Brian Boru 940-1014

968 Battle of Sulcoit Wikipedia the Dál gCais lead by Brian Bóruma seized and burned the Viking stronghold of Limerick.
1014 Battle of Clontarf Space Page - Between Brian Bóruma and Sigtrygg Silk-Beard between 7,000 and 10,000 men were killed,

Ecclesiastical reform movement in Ireland 1025-1200

In Ireland a system of dioceses whose boundaries were coterminous with those of the chief petty kingdoms was set up. At the head of this hierarchy was the archbishopric of Armagh, in association with the province of Ulster dominated by the royal family of Uí Néill PPN

Category - Irish_Saints_and_Clergy - PPN
1096 - The First Crusades
1132 – Conchobhair O'Brian Siege of Dún Béal Gallimhe - Wikipedia
1149 – Toirdhealbhach O Brían Siege of Dún Béal Gallimhe - Wikipedia
1151 – Battle of Móin Mhór
1155 – English King Henry II is given authority over Ireland by Pope Adrian IV, an authorized invasion of Ireland
1202 - John, Cardinal Priest of Monte Celio and Legate of the Apostolic See, came into Ireland. [2]

The Norman Invasion of Ireland 1167-1214

1066 - Norman Conquest of England
1166 – Dermait MacMurrough, King of Leinster, flees Ireland and asks King Henry II of England for help.
1167-1214 The Norman Invasion of Ireland Category Page
1169-1616 Chief Governors of Ireland in the English Administration Category and Governors of Ireland timeline
1169/05 – Battle of Duncormac, County Wexford – Norman victory over a combined Irish-Norse force
1169/05 – Siege of Wexford – Norman victory over a combined Irish-Norse force
1169/05 – Battle of Gowran – Norman defeat
1170/05 – Battle of Dundonnell (aka Battle of Baginbun), County Wexford – Norman victory over a combined Irish-Norse force
1170/08 – Battle of Waterford – Norman victory over a combined Irish-Norse force
1170/09 – Sack of Dublin – Norman victory over a combined Irish-Norse force
1171 – Battle of Carrick – Norman defeat
1173 – Battle of Kilkenny – Norman defeat
1174 – Battle of Thurles – Norman defeat
1175 - The Treaty of Windsor, King Henry II of England becomes Lord of Ireland Wikipedia
1175 – Battle of Athlone – Norman victory
1175 – Battle of Drogheda – Norman victory
1176 – Battle of Meath – Norman defeat
1176 – Battle of Armagh – Norman defeat
1192 – Aughera – Norman defeat

Lordship of Ireland: 1177–1542

Category - Lordship_of_Ireland
Time Line : Governors of Ireland
1224 – Sack of Ard Abla
1225 – Sack of Loch Nen
1225 – Sack of Ardrahan
1227 - Richard (Burgh) de Burgh (1193-1243) was given the whole of Connacht.
1230 – Siege of Dún Béal Gallimhe Wikipedia
1230 – Findcairn
1232 – Siege of Dún Béal Gallimhe Wikipedia
1234 – Battle of the Curragh
1235 – Siege of Dún Béal Gallimhe Wikipedia
1247 - Battle of Ballyshannon PPN
1249 – First Battle of Athenry
1257 – Battle of Creadran Cille
1257 – Sack of Sligo
1260 – Battle of Druim Dearg - Category - Downpatrick - Wikipedia
1261 – Battle of Callann
1270 – Battle of Áth-an-Chip
1297 – Irish Parliament was founded

Little Ice Age 1300-1850

Little Ice Age Wikipedia

Great Famine of 1315–1317

1315-1317 Great Famine of 1315–17 Wikipedia

Robert the Bruce campaign in Ireland 1315-1318

1315-1318 Robert the Bruce campaign in Ireland PPN by Edward (Brus) de Brus (1276-1318)
- Wikipedia
One King to Rule them All – Edward Bruce and the Battle of Athenry 1316
1315 – Battle of Carrickfergus
1315 - Battle of Moiry Pass PPN Category
1315 – First battle of Dundalk (June)
1315 - Battle of Connor PPN Category
1315 – Second battle of Dundalk (November)
1315 – Battle of Kells (December) PPN Category
1316 – Second Battle of Athenry (August)Page - Category
1318 – Battle of Dysert O'Dea (May)
1316 - Battle of Skerries PPN Category
1318 - Battle of Faughart PPN Category
1328 – Battle of Thomond[citation needed]
1329 – Battle of Ardnocher, between the Normans and the MacGeoghegans of Cenel Fiachaigh or Kenaleagh in modern County Westmeath. The Norman force was defeated
1330 – Battle of Fiodh-an-Átha
1333–1338 – Burke Civil War, 3 members of the de Burgh family fought against each other Wikipedia
1336 – Castlemore-Costello besieged and demolished by the King of Connacht
1340 – Battle of the O Cellaig's
1341 – Battle of the Clan Maurice
1342 – Battle of Beal-atha-Slisen – King of Connacht defeats the King of Moylurg
1343 – Battle of Hy-Many – MacFeorais and Clanricarde soundly defeat the Uí Maine. Achadhmona; battle between the O'Donnells, in Tirhugh
1345 – Battle of Lough Neagh – naval battle between Hugh O'Neill and the Clann Hugh Buidhe
1346 – Calry-Lough-Gill – O Rourke soundly defeated by the O Connors. Brian Mag Mathgamna defeats and kills 300 English somewhere in Thomond

Black Death (Plague) 1347-1351

1348 – Ballymote besieged and burned by MacDermot, O Connor defeated
1349 – O Melaghlin of Meath defeated in battle by the English
1355 – The English of West Connaught defeated Mac William Burke, and killed many of his people Clanricarde defeats the Mayo Bourkes and the Siol Anmchadha
1356 – Baile-Locha-Deacair
1358 – Hugh O Neill defeats the Fer Managh and Orial. O More defeats the English of Dublin in battle
1359 – Ballyshannon
1366 – Srath-Fear-Luirg
1368 – Oriel
1369 – Blencupa
1369 – Lough Erne – English of Munster and Desmond soundly defeated by O Brian, possibly at Limerick
1373 – Annaly
1374 – Niall O Neill defeats the English (location needed)
1375 – Downpatrick – Niall O Neill defeats the English
1377 – Clann-Cuilein – Clanricarde and his allies defeated
1377 – Roscommon – Ruaidri O Conchobhair defeats the Mayo Burkes and the Uí Maine
1379 – Dreach – O Neill Mor defeats Maguire
1380 – Atha-leathann – Clanricarde defeated by Bourke of Mayo
1381 – Athlone
1383 – Trian Chongail – Hugh O Neill and Robin Savage kill each other in a cavalry charge
1384 – Carrickfergus "burned by Niall O'Neill, who thereupon acquired great power over the English"
1385 – Battle of Tochar Cruachain-Bri-Ele – O Conchobhair, King of Uí Falighe, soundly defeats the English of Meath - Wikipedia
1389 – Caislen an Uabhair
1391 – Bealach-an-Chrionaigh
1392 – Ceann-Maghair
1394 – King Richard II lands at Waterford and marches to Dublin King Richard II is deposed and murdered on his return from Ireland
1394 – Battle of Ros-Mhic-Thriúin
1395 – Cruachain – the King of Uí Failghe defeats an English expedition. O Donnell defeats and captures the sons of Henry O Neill
1396 – Creag – O Conchobhair Roe defeats O Conchobhair Donn. O Tuathail of Lenister inflicts a severe defeat on the Anglo-Irish
1396 – Sligo – O Donnell and O Connor besiege and burn the town[citation needed]
1397 – Machaire Chonnacht[citation needed]
1397 – Bun-Brenoige[citation needed]
1398 – Eachdruim Mac n-Aodha – the O Tooles and O Byrnes defeat the Anglo-Irish, killing the Earl of March[citation needed]
1398 – Magh-Tuiredh – O Conchobair Roe and allies defeated by McDonagh[citation needed]
1399 – Battle of Tragh-Bhaile – the Anglo-Irish defeat the sons of Henry O Neill
1400 – Dunamon.
1406 – Battle of Cluain Immorrais
1444 – Duibhthrian; Sligo burned by the O Donnells, Maguires and O Connors.
1446 – Cuil Ua bh-Fionntain
1449 – Muintir-Maelmora
1452 – Cloch-an-bhodaigh; Coirrshliabh na Seaghsa
1453 – Ardglass (naval battle)
1454 – Inis

Wars of the Roses 1455-1487

Wikipedia

1455 – Athlone: The castle of Athlone was taken from the English,
1456 – Cuil Mic an Treoin (Friday 18 May)
1457 – Druim da Ethiar
1460 – Corca Bhaiscinn (naval battle)
1461 – Ceann Maghair
1462 – Waterford taken by the Butlers in a war with the FitzGeralds.
1462 – Lancastrian Butlers defeated by Yorkist FitzGeralds at Battle of Piltown in Wars of the Roses.
1464 – Sliabh Lugha
1465 – Carn Fraoich
  • 1465, The English King Edward IV demanded all Irish take a surname of an English town
1466 – Offaly; Anglo-Irish army defeated by O Connor
1467 – CrosMoighe-Croin
1468 – Beann-uamha; Scormor, in Clann Chathail mic Murray
1469 – Baile-an-Duibh; The Defeat of Glanog
1473 – Doire-Bhaile-na-Cairrge
1475 – Baile-Locha-Luatha
1476 – Beal Feirste (Belfast)
1478 – Sligo, and the siege of Carrig Lough Ce
1482 – Ath-na-gCeannaigheadh
1483 – Traghbhaile of Dundalk
1484 – Moin-Ladhraighe
1486 – Tirawley
1488 – two sieges of Carraig Lough Ce
1489 – Belfast castle demolished by O Donnell; Ballytober Bride sacked by O Connor Roe
1490 – Maigh Croghan
1493 – Glasdromainn; Beanna Boirche;
1494 – O Donnell unsuccessful besiege of Sligo for several months in the summer
1495 – O Donnell second besiege of Sligo; battle of Beal an Droichit; siege of Ballyshannon; battle of Termon-Daveog
1497 – Bealach-Buidhe; Beal Ath Daire.
1498 – Cros-Caibhdeanaigh. Dungannon.
1499 – Tulsk. First recorded death in Ireland from a bullet.


1504 Battle of Knockdoe, Bloodiest Medieval Battle in Irish History. Between Gerald Fitzgerald KG (abt.1455-1513) and Uilleag Fionn (De Burgh) Burgh (1430-1509) - Wikipedia

Kingdom of Ireland: 1542–1800

Category - Kingdom_of_Ireland - PPN
Category - Members of Parliament, Ireland, pre-1801 - PPN

Tudor Conquest of Ireland 1534-1607

1534-1607 Tudor Conquest of Ireland Page
1534 Kildare rebellion Wikipedia by Thomas (Fitzgerald) FitzGerald (1513-1537) and Leonard Grey (abt.1490-1541)
1540 Surrender and Regrant Category - Wikipedia
1569 First Desmond Rebellion Category - Wikipedia
1579 Second Desmond Rebellion Category - Wikipedia
1586 Battle of Ardnaree PPN Category

Mac an Iarla War 1572-1580

1572 – First Sack of Athenry Wikipedia
1573 – Beal an Chip
1577 – Second Sack of Athenry
1577 – Siege of Loughrea
1579 – Lisdalon
1580 – Sack of Loughrea
1580 – Cill Tuathail

Flight of the Wild Geese 1580-1800

Trinity College Dublin 1592

1592 - Trinity College Dublin created by royal charter Category-Wikipedia

Nine Years' War 1594-1603

1594-1603 Nine Years' War / Tyrone's Rebellion Page Category
1594nTyrone's Rebellion
1594 – Siege of Enniskillen
1594 – Battle of the Ford of the Biscuits
1595 – Battle of Clontibret
1596 – Third Sack of Athenry
1596 – Siege of Galway, Sack of Bohermore
1597 – Battle of Casan-na-gCuradh
1597 – Battle of Carrickfergus
1598 – Battle of the Yellow Ford Category
1599 – Siege of Cahir Castle
1599 – Wicklow
1599 – Battle of Curlew Pass Category
1600 – Battle of Moyry Pass
1601 - Battle of Castlehaven
1601 – Siege of Donegal
1601–02 Siege and Battle of Kinsale Category - Turning point in Irish History Wikipedia
1602 – Siege of Dunboy Category
1602 – Burning of Dungannon

Flight of the Earls' in 1607

The Plantation of Ulster 1605-1697

Wikipedia - Plantation of Ulster

1605-1697 The Plantation of Ulster Category
1605 The Ulster Scots Category
1652 Irish Quakers Category
Plantations under Mary and Elizabeth

1607 Penal Laws (Ireland)

O'Doherty's Rebellion 1608

Main article: O'Doherty's Rebellion

1608 - Burning of Derry
1608 - Battle of Kilmacrennan: Ends Cahir O'Doherty's brief rebellion.
1608 - Siege of Tory Island

The Eleven Years' War 1641-1653

Out of a population of 1,466,000 Irish, 616,000 had perished during these wars.[4] How many died during Cromwell’s campaign?
1641-1653 The Irish Eleven Years' War Category PPN

Irish Rebellion of 1641

Rebellion, the royal commission of 1641, confederacy, adventurers and civil war
1641 Irish Rebellion of 1641 Wikipedia - Ireland in the seventeenth century, or, The Irish massacres of 1641-2 - Phelim O'Neill (abt.1604-1653), Thomas Preston (1585-abt.1653) and Eoghan Ruadh Ó Néill (abt.1580-1649)
1641 – Battle of Julianstown

The Irish Confederates' War 1642-1648

1642-1649 The Irish Confederate Wars - Category
1642 – Battle of Swords
1642 – Battle of Liscarroll
1642 – Battle of Kilrush
1642 – Battle of Glenmaquin
1642 – Sack of the Claddagh
1642 – Siege of Limerick
1643 – Battle of New Ross
1643 – Battle of Cloughleagh
1643 – Battle of Portlester
1643 – Siege of Forthill
1645 – Siege of Duncannon
1646 – Battle of Benburb
1647 – Battle of Dungans Hill
1647 – Sack of Cashel
1647 – Battle of Knocknanauss

Cromwellian conquest of Ireland 1649–53

1649–53 Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658) conquest of Ireland Wikipedia
Cromwell and the Act of Settlement 1652
1649 Siege of Drogheda Category
1649 - Siege of Dublin
1649 – Battle of Rathmines Category
1649 – Siege of Drogheda
1649 – Sack of Wexford
1649 – Siege of Waterford
1649 – Battle of Arklow/Glascarrick
1649 – Battle of Lisnagarvey
1649 – Siege of Derry
1650 – Siege of Kilkenny
1650 – Siege of Clonmel
1650 – Battle of Tecroghan
1650 – Battle of Scarrifholis
1650 – Siege of Charlemont
1650 – Battle of Macroom
1650 – Battle of Meelick Island
1650-1 – Siege of Limerick
1651 – Battle of Knocknaclashy
1652 – Siege of Galway

The Restoration (In Ireland) 1660-1665

Category - The_Restoration - Space:Rebellion,_plantation_and_war#Restoration Restoration - Wikipedia Restoration (Ireland)

Williamite–Jacobite War in Ireland 1688-1691

1688-1691 Williamite–Jacobite War in Ireland PPN Category
1689 The siege of Derry Category Wikipedia
1689-1697 The Stuart Army Page Category
1689 Siege of Carrickfergus Category
1690 Battle of the Boyne Category
1690 Siege of Athlone Category
1690 Siege of Limerick Category
1691 Battle of Aughrim Category
1691 Siege of Athlone Category
1691 Siege of Ballymore Category
1691 Siege of Galway Category
1691 Siege of Limerick Category

Protestant Ascendancy 1691-1800

Wikipedia

Passing of Additional Penal Laws 1691

1739-1741 -IRELAND’S GREAT FREEZE AND FAMINE.
1760 – Battle of Carrickfergus – Carrickfergus seized by the French for five days.
1788 - Australian Convicts and First Settlers Project - Irish Convicts to Australia Category
1795 – Battle of the Diamond – a sectarian faction fight in County Armagh, that led to the founding of the Orange Order
Orange Order Category
United Irishmen Category

French expedition to Ireland (1796)

Wikipedia An unsuccessful attempt by the French Republic to assist Theobald Wolfe Tone (1763-1798) and the Society of United Irishmen in their planned rebellion against British rule. .

Irish Rebellion of 1798

Space:Rebellion,_plantation_and_war#Rebellion_of_1798

1798 Irish Rebellion of 1798 PPN Category - Wikipedia
1798 Battle of Arklow Category
1798 Battle of New Ross Category
1798 Battle of Vinegar Hill Category
1798 Rebellion in Wicklow Category
24 May – Battle of Ballymore-Eustace, Naas, Prosperous, Kilcullen
25 May – Carlow
26 May – Tara Hill
27 May – Oulart Hill
28 May – Enniscorthy
30 May – Three Rocks
1 June – Bunclody
4 June – Tuberneering
5 June – New Ross
7 June – Antrim
9 June – Saintfield
9 June – Arklow
13 June – Ballinahinch
19 June – Ovidstown
20 June – Foulksmills
21 June – Vinegar Hill
30 June – Ballyellis
27 August – Castlebar
5 September – Collooney
7 September – Ballinamuck

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 1800-1922

Wikipedia

Irish Rebellion of 1803 & 1814

1803 Irish Rebellion of 1803 Category - Wikipedia
1816 The potato crop failed, causing famine, which was made worse by an outbreak of typhus
1829 Macken Fight (Fermanagh) Category

Tithe War 1831-1836

1831–1836 Tithe War – a period of rural insurgency over the payment of tithes to the Established Church. - PPN Category - Wikipedia
First clash 3 March 1831 in Graiguenamanagh, County Kilkenny
18 June 1831, clash in Bunclody (Newtownbarry), County Wexford
14 December 1831, ambush at Carrickshock, County Kilkenny - aka "Carrickshock Incident" Wikipedia
1832, gathering of c.200,000 people at Ballyhale Addressed by Daniel O'Connell The Liberator or The Emancipator
18 December 1834, battle of Rathcormac, County Cork
1839 January 6 - Night Of The Big Wind 25% of the houses in Dublin were destroyed and 42 ships were sunk,
1843 Daniel O'Connell's oration at Tara, where c.750,000 assembled.

Great Irish Famine 1845–1849

1845-1849 An Gorta Mor Project - Wikipedia
1848-1850 Earl Grey's Famine Orphan Scheme Page

Rebellion of 1848 & 1867

1848 Young Irelander Rebellion of 1848 Category Wikipedia
1867 Fenian Rising – an abortive attempt at a nationwide rebellion by the Irish Republican Brotherhood. Wikipedia
1872 Women’s Suffrage established by Isabella Tod Category
1880's The phrase Sinn Féin ('ourselves' or 'we ourselves') first used Category
1881-1885 Fenian dynamite campaign Wikipedia
1914 Curragh Incident PPN Category

Land War 1879-1882

A campaign of agitation and rent strikes. Wikipedia
Charles Stewart Parnell (1846-1891)
Michael Davitt (1846-1906)


1886_Belfast_riots Wikipedia
1887 Bloody_Sunday took place in London on 13 November 1887

Easter UpRising of 1916

1916 Easter Rising PPN Category - Wikipedia
1916 – Battle of Dublin
1916 – Battle of Ashbourne
Irish Republican Army IRA PPN Category

Irish War of Independence 1919-1922

1919-1922 Irish War of Independence PPN Category:Irish_War_of_Independence
1919 January 19 – Soloheadbeg Ambush
1920 November 2 – Battle of Ballinalee
1920 November 28 – Kilmichael Ambush
1921 February 1 – Clonfin Ambush
1921 February 25 – Coolavokig Ambush
1921 March 19 – Crossbarry Ambush

Irish Civil War 1922

Irish Civil War PPNCategory:Irish Civil War
1922 – Battle of Dublin
1922 – Irish Free State offensive
1922 – Battle of Kilmallock

Sources

  1. Annals of the Four Masters M917.7
  2. Annals of Ulster U1202.4
  3. cruithni.org
  4. "Pettys Calcution in Tracts Relating to Ireland p.312" as quoted in History of Ireland by Rev. E.D.D'Alton Vol.4pg.340


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