irish history
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Irish History
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16th Century: Tudor Kings and Queens
Henry 8th:
(King Of Ireland): “If you follow English law, you can keep your land!”English lived mainly in the Pale (Dublin).
Child 1: King Edward 6th: Died after 7 years as King.
Child 2: Queen Mary 1st: Failed to ‘plant’Englishmen in Laois & Offaly. The Irish took back the land.
Child 3: Queen Elizabeth 1st: Took Munster from the Irish.
Hugh O’Neill & O’Donnell:Asked for help from Spain.
Spain landed in the wrong place and lost in battle.
‘Hughs’ fled Ireland. Ulster was ‘planted’ by Britain.
1542
1553
1556
1586
1607
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King Charles 1st: Became King of Britain and all of Ireland.
People of Britain split into 2 groups:a) Royalists: Wanted a king to rule.
b) Parliamentarians:Wanted to set up a parliament to rule the country.
This led to a civil war.
Oliver Cromwell (Parliamentarian): Wins power over Britain and Ireland.
Took Irish land from the Irish and said, “To Hell or to Connaught with you!’
17th Century: Civil War in Britain1625
1642
1653
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Penal laws come to Ireland:
“You cannot teach Irish, the Catholic religion, or anything to do with Irish culture!’’
Rich British landlords:
Rented land to the Irish.
Wolfe Tone & United Irishmen:
Wanted the Irish to have equal rights.
Went to France looking for help.
18th Century: The Penal Laws
1695
1791
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The British:
Heard about Wolfe Tone’s rebellion and were ready to fight back.
The Irish:
Surprised them at first and won back some land.
Failure:
The French never showed up and Britain won against the badly equipped Irish army.
United Irishmen were killed or jailed as a result.
1798: The Wexford Rebellion
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Patrick Pearse reads the Proclamation of the Republic outside the GPO (O’Connell St.).
The Irish take control of important buildings and fly the Irish flag.
Locals begin looting shopsThe Irish are running out of ammunition.
The British gunboat the Helga fires at Liberty Hall.
The Irish are no match for the British.
James Connolly (a leader in the Rising) is hit by a bullet and injured.
The GPO (headquarters) is set on fire by the British and the Irish are forced to evacuate.They surrender to the British on Saturday, April 19th.
Monday, April 24th
Tuesday, April 25th
Wednesday, April 26th
Thursday, April 27th
Friday, April 28th
1916: The Easter Rising