Ireland History

600 to 150
B.C.
Celtic tribes
arrival

Late 8th
century
Invasions by
Norsemen

1014

Mid-19th
century

Danes
defeated by
King Brian
Boru

Irish famine;
population
dropped by
one third

1998
The Good
Friday
Agreement in
Northern
Ireland

1921
Independence
from the UK

2008
Meltdown of
Irish banking
system

12th century

1916

1960s

1995-2007

Current

Norman
invasions;
setting off
over seven
centuries of
Anglo-Irish
struggle

Failed Easter
Monday
Uprising

Population
finally begins
to grow
Years of
violence
known as the
Troubles

Economic
boom of the
Celtic Tiger

Economic
recovering,
fueled by
large foreign
direct
investment