Timeline

Hold the Mouse Over The Headline for more Info King Henry II of England lands in Ireland and proceeds to invade to make Ireland a British colony. (Click for more) Queen Elizabeth I from England moves her troops in and takes complete control over Ireland, all resistance is crushed. (Click for more) Wolfe Tone leads an Irish revolt but this fails and 50,000 die, however the revolt is used as a reason for a later revolt. (Click for more)The act of Union is signed, Ireland offically becomes a state of Great Britain and no longer and independent country.The Fenian Brotherhood is set up, The Brotherhood is a revolutionary group who want Ireland to be a independent country again. (Click for more)Issac Butts founds the Home Rule Party who want Home Rule from Britain. (Click for more)There are 3 Home Rule Bills, finally in 1912 the third Home Rule Bill is passed by the House of Commons. (Click for more)The Sinn Fein Political party is set up in 1900 by Arthur Griffthis. In 1916 there is an Easter Rising revolt, the revolt fails horribly but later on the people killed in the revolt are seen as martyrs by the Irish people. (Click for more)Eamonn de Valera becomes the leader of the Sinn Fein party. (Click for more)Sinn Fein does very well in British general election and has many MP's voted into Westminster.The Sinn Fein MP's make their own parliament and set up an Irish Republic.The Government of Ireland act suggests splitting Ireland into two pieces with Northen Ireland staying part of GB and Southern Ireland having their own government, Dail rejects the idea.A war breaks out between the British and the Irish. (Click for more)Collins proceeds to sign the treaty and ends the Anglo-Irish war. (Click for more)The Government of Ireland act suggests spliting Ireland into two pieces with Northen Ireland staying part of GB and Southern Ireland having their own government, Dail rejects the idea.The Dail votes and the pro-treaty side wins the vote, De Valera resigns from Dail and The Irish Civil War starts. (Click for more)The Civil war ends, however many Irish are killed and Collins is dead. (Click for more)

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