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THE IRISH IN UNIFORM
IRISH CONFLICTS - internal struggles in Ireland |
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The list below shows major events over the last 400 years of The Second Millenium regarding Ireland's internal struggle for freedom and independence; and associated world conflicts and events. |
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| 1601 | Spanish forces land at Kinsale to assist the Irish in their fight for freedom and independence from English rule. The forces of The O'Neill are defeated | |
| 1603 | Queen Elizabeth I of England dies on 24 March. O'Neill is defeated at Mellimont | |
| 1603 to 1609 | English Law is extended over the whole of the island of Ireland for the first time. | |
| 1607 | The Flight of the Earls. Fighting men of noble Irish families go to the Continent and seek to join the armies of the crowned heads of Europe | |
| 1609 | The Plantation of Ulster begins. Protestant English families are given the lands of Ulster Catholics. | |
| 1641 | Outbreak of rebellion in Ireland's Northern Province of Ulster | |
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1649 | English General Oliver Cromwell begins a military campaign in Ireland |
| 1688 | Revolution in England. The Catholic King James II is expelled and the Protestant Dutch Prince William of Oranj and his wife Mary are offered the Throne of England. | |
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1690 | King William I of England in The Battle of the Boyne defeats the army attempting to restore King James Stuart to the thrones of England, Scotland and Ireland. Following the Irish defeat, James Stuart 'The Pretender' and many Irishmen went to Europe in a migration called The Flight of the Wild Geese. There, they often gave political or military service to the crowned heads of European countries; gaining reknown, honours and lands. |
| 1791 | The United Irish Movement begins in Belfast | |
| 1793 | War breaks out between England and France | |
| 1794 | The United Irish Movement is suppressed | |
| 1795 | Wolfe Tone leaves Ireland & goes to America | |
| 1796 | Wolfe Tone arrives in France to ask French help in gaining Irish independence, The French invasion fleet arrives in Bantry Bay, County Cork. | |
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1798 | The United Irishmen mount a rebellion against English rule. It fails and 12 of their leaders are arrested. The French Expedition forces are defeated with Wolfe Tone on Lough Swilly. Tone is arrested. |
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1803 | The 1803 Rebellion of Robert Emmett |
| 1831 | "The Tithe War" begins in protest against tithes (taxes) imposed on the Catholic population to be paid for the benefit of the Protestant Church & clergy | |
| 1842 | Founding of The Young Irelanders movement for Irish freedom | |
| 1845-1848 | The Irish Famine "An Gorta Mor - The Great Hunger" | |
| 1848 | Young Ireland uprising in Ireland's Southern Province of Munster | |
| 1860 | The American Civil War begins. Men of Irish descent fight on both sides. | |
| 1865 | The American Civil War ends. The Fenian Uprising in Ireland. Returned Irish- American Militiamen in 1867 use their experience to fight for Irish freedom. | |
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1867 | The Fenian uprising in Ireland |
| 1870 | Issac Butt founds the Home Rule movement for Ireland | |
| 1879 | The beginning of The Land War in Ireland. Michael Davitt founds the Land League | |
| 1882 | Foundation of The National League of Ireland | |
| 1884 | Foundation of the Gaelic Athletic Association (G.A.A.) | |
| 1906 | Foundation of the political party Sinn Fein | |
| 1912 | Carson founds The Ulster Volunteers | |
| 1913 | Foundation of the Irish Citizen Army | |
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1916 | The Easter Rising begins in Dublin, The Irish War of Independence begins. Irish Republican Military Council formed. |
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1919 - 1921 | Irish War of Independence |
| 1921 | Anglo-Irish Treaty | |
| 1922 | Adoption of The Irish Free State Constitution | |
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1922-1923 | The Irish Civil War |
| 1923 | Ireland joins The League of Nations | |
| 1948 | Foundation of The Republic of Ireland. Irish freedom is gained at last. Irish Army in its present form established. | |
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1958 | First involvement of the Irish Army in United Nations missions. |
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