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1860's "The Colleen Bawn" was one of Dion Boucicault's many popular plays about life in what's now this country |
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19th CENTURY DRAMA |
2025-10-16 |
#9414 |
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Around 1870 the U.S.-based Fenian Brotherhood hoped to conquer Canada & force Great Britain to free this island |
Ireland
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HISTORIC GROUPS |
2023-06-16 |
#8895 |
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In 1171 England's Henry II landed with a large army in this island country to assert his right of rule there |
Ireland
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THE 12th CENTURY |
2023-04-17 |
#8851 |
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January 1, 1801:The Act of Union unites Britain & this country |
Ireland
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EARLY 19th CENTURY TIMELINE |
2018-05-25 |
#7770 |
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The Normans invaded England in 1066, & the Anglo-Normans invaded this large nearby isle in 1169 |
Ireland
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HISTORY |
2015-05-29 |
#7080 |
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It's 1155 & Pope Adrian IV has issued a bull allowing Henry II of England to conquer this island |
Ireland
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$800 |
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IT'S GETTING LATE IN HISTORY |
2009-07-09 |
#5734 |
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Roddy Doyle chronicles life in this country in "Paddy Clark Ha Ha Ha" & "The Woman Who Walked into Doors" |
Ireland
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A STORIED HISTORY |
2009-03-19 |
#5654 |
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In 1886 PM Gladstone suffered defeat when he tried to get home rule for this island |
Ireland
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GOING DOWN IN HISTORY |
2006-04-14 |
#4980 |
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John Ford, son of immigrants from this country, directed 1952's "The Quiet Man", which was set there |
Ireland
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$200 |
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FILMS OF THE '50s |
1999-04-07 |
#3368 |
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A potato famine during the 1840s caused this island's population to decline by about 2 million |
Ireland
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$100 |
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HISTORY |
1997-05-09 |
#2935 |
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When this country won its independence from Great Britain in 1921, Ulster didn't go with it |
Ireland
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EASY HISTORY |
1997-04-29 |
#2927 |
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In 1014 Brian Boru defeated the Vikings at Clontarf in this country |
Ireland
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HISTORY |
1996-02-16 |
#2645 |
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New York City-born Eamon de Valera was this country's prime minister for most of the decade |
Ireland
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$400 |
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THE 1950s |
1995-09-15 |
#2535 |
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Pope Adrian IV gave Henry II permission to extend English rule over this neighboring island |
Ireland
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$300 |
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HISTORY |
1995-05-18 |
#2479 |
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In 1905 Sinn Fein was organized as a political party dedicated to independence for this country |
Ireland
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THE 1900s |
1994-06-15 |
#2268 |
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The ancient Brehon laws of this country were written in an archaic form of the Gaelic language |
Ireland
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HISTORY |
1993-03-15 |
#1971 |
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In the 1920s this island was partitioned into Catholic- & Protestant-dominated parts |
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HISTORIC PARTITIONS |
1993-01-06 |
#1923 |
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Surprisingly, it was a Protestant lawyer who first popularized the slogan "Home Rule" in this country |
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MODERN HISTORY |
1990-09-04 |
#1377 |
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John Gregory Dunne's '89 memoir, "Harp", details his search for his ancestral roots in this country |
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BOOKS OF THE '80S |
1990-04-06 |
#1300 |
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Eamon de Valera, who was born in New York City, was prime minister & president of this country |
Ireland
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$400 |
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HISTORY |
1990-02-08 |
#1259 |