Final Class: Irish History Timeline

 Overview 
 * Conclusions
 * Key Dates of Irish History

Timeline

 * 1798 - Rebellion (Wolfetone) -> Nationalism Emerging
 * 1800 - Act of Union
 * 1803 - Robert Emmet Rebellion
 * 1829 - O'Connell / Catholic Emancipation
 * 1845 - 1851 -> Famine
 * 1848 - Young Ireland Rebellion
 * 1870's - Parnell (Land Reform / Home Rule / Scandal )
 * Late 1890's - Modernization / Celtic Revival / Cultural Renaissance
 * 1905 - Sinn Fein forms
 * 1913 - Strikes
 * 1914 - WWI / Home Rule Act Suspended / Curragh uprising
 * 1916 - Rising
 * 1919-1921 - Treaty
 * 1922 -1923 - Civil War

Republic of Ireland

 * 1937 - Constitution (formal church relations established / republic in definition)
 * 1938 - End of Economic War with UK
 * 1949 - Republic declared / Ireland leaves commonwealth
 * 1973 - EEC
 * 1965 - AI Free Trade
 * 1990's - Church scandals
 * 1995 - Celtic Tiger

Northern Ireland

 * 1940 - 1945 - WW II / Belfast Bombed
 * 1945 - 1950 - Welfare State
 * 1968 - Civil Rights Movement (Failure) / Free Derry / Battle of Bogside
 * 1969 - 72 - Troubles
 * 1973 - Sunningdale
 * 1981- Prison Strikes
 * 1994 - Prison Strikes
 * 1998 - Good Friday Agreement
 * 2005 - IRA decommision

Themes

 * Nationalism (Oppression)
 * Anglo-Irish Relationship
 * Tragic Heroes
 * Religion (Decline)
 * Land / Agriculture / Economic Development
 * Emigration