Chronology of Ireland

Foot-note : this chronology stops in 1921, at the time of the Partition of the island of Ireland which sees the creation of the free State of Ireland (Eire), whereas six counties of Ulster remain in the the United Kingdom.

Prehistory

towards -9000: arrival of the first men in Ireland, bones in the County of Waterford
towards -6000: arrival of populations of hunters and gatherers in Ulster (county of Antrim), originating in Northern Europe
towards -3500: arrival of tribes of farmers (polished stone tools), civilization of the Megalith S (Dolmen S)
towards -3000: construction of the tumulus of Newgrange, and beginning of the Neolithic . Probable arrival of Indo-European populations (proto-Celts?) - introduction of the breeding and agriculture into the island
towards -2000: beginning of the Bronze Age, exploitation of gold and money mines
towards -600: beginning of the Age of iron
towards -500: introduction of the civilization of Tène come from Armorique or of the Iberian peninsula

Antiquity

towards -500: unloading of the Gaels (Celtic populations)
towards -100: construction of Black Pig' S Dyke
towards 100: the people gaelic found five kingdoms (or provinces: Ulster, Meath, Leinster, Munster, Connaught)
367: attacks Gaels, Pictes and Saxons against the Île of Brittany
towards 400: the king of Tara becomes the laughed Ard Érenn (supreme king), it makes pay the tribute with the kings of the provinces. Attacks of the Scots against the Island of Brittany
towards 415: Padraig (Patrick), a Britto-Roman is captured and taken along in slavery in Ireland, where there remain 6 years

Christianization and Early middle ages

towards 432: Patrick returns to Ireland and undertakes the evangelization island, it runs up against the Druide S which end up converting (reign of the king Laegaire)
towards 445: foundation of the church of Armagh, capital nun of Ireland
450: war enters the kingdom of Connaught and that of Ulates
towards 461: died of Saint Patrick
544: conversion of the laughed Ard Érenn
558: Saint Comgall founds the monastery of Bangor
563: Saint Colomba settles on the island of Iona (Hébrides) and there founds a monastery: beginning of the christianization of the Scotland.
565 : curse of Ruadan Saint on Tared, restive with the Christianisme
575: foundation of the Druim CEAT
towards 590: gloses in Gaelic on manuscripts in Latin
664: Council of Whitby rejecting the Irish religious rites for the Roman rites
697: Synod of Birr (Law of Innocent of Holy Adamnan)
towards 700: first sermons in Gaelic
795 - 806: first attacks of the Viking S against the Irish colonies of Iona, Rathlin, Inishmurray and Inishbofin. The island of Iona is burnt in 802, and undergoes a massacre in 806
816: council of Chelsea, the Irish missionaries are not authorized to preach in England
823: raid Viking against the monastery of Bangor.

Celtic kingdoms and the invasions Viking

827 : the king of Ulster is beaten by Niall Caille mac Áeda, king de Cenél nÉógain, with Leth Caim
830: ransack of Armagh by Norwegian
837: Norwegian Drakkar S go up Boyne
841: establishment of a fort trained on the edges of the Liffey, it is the foundation of Dublin (Dubb Linn = black water) by the Viking Thorghil (its name Gaelic is Baille Atha Cliath).
845 : the abbot of Armagh is captured by the Vikings
908: the king and bishop of Cashel Cormac mac Culinan establish the first Dictionary compared of language Gaelic
976: Brian Boru demolishes Scandinavian king Ivar de Limerick
978: Brian Boru becomes king de Munster
980: Olaf Kvaran (Danish king of Dublin) is beaten by Maél Sechlainn II with Tara
980: Mael Seachlainn II Mór becomes laughed Ard Érenn.
983 : Brian Boru king of Leinster
1000: Brian Boru seizes Dublin but it leaves the throne to the king Viking Sigtryggr Silkiskegg who subjects himself.
1002 : Maél Sechnaill II must yield the title of laughed Ard Érenn to Brian Boru
1014 April 23rd: Brian Boru demolishes the Irish Vikings and their allies with the battle of Clontarf. End of the Scandinavian domination in Ireland.
1111 : synod of Rath Breasail dividing Ireland into two évêché S
towards 1100: drafting of the Book of Leinster composed of 187 gaelic accounts epic
1152: synod of Kells, administrative reorganization of the Church dividing Ireland into four évêchés; disappearance of the organization and the Celtic rite
1155: Papal bubble Laudabiliter by which the pope (of English origin) Adrien grants suzerainty on Ireland to king d' Angleterre, Henri II Plantagenêt (it is the approval of the pope for the invasion of Ireland).

Anglo-Normans and the seigniory of Ireland

1169 : Richard FitzGilbert de Clare, count de Pembroke, known as “Strongbow” unloads in Ireland, with a troop of Anglo-Norman knights
1171: Catch of Dublin by the English troops. Died of Dermot Mac Murrough, his/her son-in-law succeeds to him. Round of the king d' Angleterre Henri II
1175: Traité of Windsor which founds the suzerainty of Ireland to the kingdom of England - Rory O' Connor must accept the conditions of peaces imposed by Henri II
1176: the troops of Henri II invade the Connaught
1177: the troops of Henri II invade the Ulster
1186: the laughed Ard Érenn Rory O' Connor gives up its title which will not be used any more
1200: one the third of the island, the Blade , is under control of the Anglo-Norman knights.
1260 : Battle of Downpatrick and died of Brian Ua Neill
1261: Battle of Callan
1268: Mercenaire S Scottish come to reinforce the gaelic armies
1315: May 26th, Edouard Bruce (brother of Robert Bruce, king of Scotland) unloads with Larne with the head of an army of 6000 men; catch of Dundalk and Crickfergus
1316: in October, Edouard Bruce is crowned king d' Irlande
1318: in October, died of Edouard Daughters-in-law during the battle of Faughart
1333: assassination of the count d' Ulster, William de Burgh
1348: epidemic of plague
1349 - 1350: the Black Death kills a third of the population of Ireland.
1351 : royal edict prohibiting the access of the uses of royal officers to the Irishmen
1366: statute of Kilkenny prohibiting noble Norman from living with the Irish mode
1394: Richard II undertakes the reconquest of Ireland, war against Art Mac Murrough, king of Leinster
1460: in February, Richard of York convenes a Parliament with Drogheda
1470: The Irish Council elects Thomas, count of Kildare “Justiciar” then “deputy”
1478: died of Thomas Kildare, election of his son Geróid Mór
1479: Lord Grey is named “deputy” for Ireland, by the king of England
1485: the August 22nd demolished and died of Richard III vis-a-vis Henri Tudor with Bosworth field (Ireland) what puts an end to the Guerre Two-Pinks
1494: December, Edouard Poyning, “deputy off Irland” convenes the Irish Parliament with Drogheda. Poynings act: the meeting of the Irish Parliament cannot be done without the authorization of king d' Angleterre, end of the independence of the Irish Parliament.

Henri VIII, king d' Angleterre and of Ireland

1509 - 1547: Henri VIII Tudor, king d' Angleterre and of Ireland
1513: died of Gearóid mór (Garret Mor, the “almost king” which directed autonomous Ireland of manner), its son Gearóid Og succeeds to him the function of “Lord Deputy”.
1534 : Sir William Sheffington is named “Deputy off Ireland”. In June, rebellion of his/her Son, Silken Thomas against England until in 1537. The September 2nd, Gearóid Og dies imprisoned in the Tour of London
1535: in March, massacre with the castle of Maynooth by the English troops. The August 24th Silken Thomas goes to the English.
1536 : in May, the Irish Parliament issues the civil death of Silken Thomas and in July recognizes Henri VIII as chief of the church of Ireland
1537: execution of Silken Thomas and his five uncles with London
1540: Saint-Light Anthony is named governor of Ireland
1541: Henry VIII takes the title of king d' Irlande (declaration of the Irish Parliament; the establishment of Protestantism and the confiscation of the grounds involve many revolts against the English authority
1542: in October, Con O' Neill is named count de Tyrone
1546: new revolt in Ireland
1547: the January 28th, Edouard VI becomes king d' Angleterre
1549: Edouard VI grants off the Book Common Prayer
1550: the English Council decides establishment of English families around the Pale
1553: the July 6th Marie I {{Re}} Tudor reaches the throne of England.
1554 : in July, Marie Ière marries Philippe of Spain, wire of Charles Quint
1554: the November 30th, restoration of the Catholicism
1555: Papal bubble making of Ireland a kingdom
1556: beginning of establishment of English colonies of settlement in Leix and Offaly
1558: the November 17th, died of Marie I {{Re}} which indicates Elisabeth I {{Re}} with its succession
1559: died of Idiot O' Neill, Shane O' Neill is elected chief by the “Derbfine” of its people. In April, re-establishment of the Act of Supremacy restoring Protestantism in the island. Revolt of Shane O' Neill
1560: in January, the Irish Parliament adopts the laws restoring the supremacy of the crown on the Church and makes off compulsory the Book Common Prayer
1561: Shane O' Neill is proclaimed treacherous with the fatherland
1562: Shane O' Neill makes its Elisabeth tender Ire
1565: Henri Sydney is named governor of Ireland (it remains it until in 1571)
1567: the religious laws adopted under the reigns of the kings Henri VIII and Edouard VI are repealed the Irish Parliament
1567: died of Shane O' Neill; Hugh O' Neill which resided hitherto in the Blade and England returns to Ulster
1569: creation of the function of “president” by the English in Connaught. Rising of the count de Desmond in Munster
1570: Bubble “ Regnans in Excelsis ” of the Pope Black and white V excommunicating Elisabeth Anger
1571: Willian Fitz William is named governor of Ireland (it remains it until in 1575)
1575: Henri Sydney finds his post of governor of Ireland
1579: new revolt in Munster (the disorders last until in 1583)
1586: in June, adoption of the plan of colonization of Munster
1588: half of Spanish Armada arrives in Munster, Connaught and Ulster - 5.000 cleaned or killed
1590 -1594: administration in Dublin asserte gradually in Ulster
1594: beginning of the Last nine year old war on the initiative of Hugh O' Neill, with Hugh Roe O'Donnell
1595: to August, Hugh O' Neill offers the Irish throne to the governor of the Spanish Netherlands
1598: English defeat (the first) with the battle line of Yellow Ford: victory of Hugh O' Neill against Sir Henry Bagenal with the head of the English armies
1599: Essex arrives in Ireland at the head of an large army (17 000)
1600: Mountjoy is named “Lord Deputy off Ireland”
1601: unloading of 3.000 Spanish troops under the command of gift Juan de Aguila, with Kinsale; the Irish troops are defeats
1603: Hugh O' Neill makes its tender with Montjoy
1603: the March 30th Treated of Mellifont which puts an end to the nine year old war. All Ireland is controlled. The gaelic aristocracy loses its capacities. O' Neill and O'Donnell are confirmed in their titles.

The British colony

1606 : creation by the English of a president for Ulster
1607: July, Hugh O' Neill is convened in England. September 4th O' Neill leaves Ireland for the continent with a hundred partisans, it is the Fuite of the counts ; their titles and properties are confiscated. O' Neill and O'Donnell are accused of high treason and their seized goods
1609: beginning of the Plantation (installation of colonists Scot and English) in Ulster
1633: Thomas Wentworth becomes Lord Deputy for Ireland
1638: February 28th signature of “Being appropriate” marking the union of the Scottish against Charles Ier Stuart and first Episcopal Wars for Edinburgh
1639: Black Oath obliging Irish Presbytériens to give up the Covenant
1641 - 1649: revolt catholic Confédération of Kilkenny ; the rebellion in Ulster extends to all the island
1642: foundation of the Catholic Supreme council
1642: March, law on the Adventurous (confiscation of the grounds of the rebels)
1642: the Catholic Supreme council joined together with Kilkenny sets up a Parliament and appoints governors
1645: Giovanni Renuccini is sent by the pope near the revolted Catholics
1646: September, Giovanni Renuccini becomes chief of the Catholic Supreme council
1649: June, the Parliament names Oliver Cromwell general governor of Ireland, it arrives at Dublin at August. September, massacre of Drogheda by the troops of Cromwell (2500 dead). October, massacre of Wexford by Cromwell
1650: May, Cromwell leaves Ireland, his/her son-in-law Henry Ireton is named Lord Deputy of Ireland. News Plantations (installation of colonists Scot and English) in Ulster
towards 1650: introduction of the culture of the potato
1652: catch of Galway after 9 months of seat. Act for the settling off Ireland
1659: May, Richard Cromwell gives up the capacity; new civil war
1660: May 29th, Charles II returns to London, restoration of monarchy
1662: Act off settlement introduction of a court in charge of the litigations following expropriations
1663: English protectionist law on the trade in Ireland
1665: Act off explanation on the restitution of a third of the expropriées grounds as compensation
1671: prohibition of trade enters the English Ireland and colonies
1673: Charles II must accept the Bill Test against the Catholics
1685: February 6th, Died of Charles II, Jacques II succeeds (catholic, it is détrôné in 1688)
to him 1687: Richard Talbot is Lord Deputy of Ireland. Declaration of Indulgence on freedom of worship
1688: the Parliament calls upon Marie, girl of a first marriage of Jacques II and with her husband Guillaume III of Orange. November 5th, Guillaume III of Orange unloads in England. Richard Talbot sends the army to occupy Londonderry in the name of Jacques II. December, Londonderry closes its troops with the catholic army. Jacques II flees in France. Jacques II of England takes refuge in Ireland.
1689 : April, Londonderry refuses to open its doors with Jacques II, beginning of the seat of the city, which lasts until July. May: convocation of the Irish Parliament by Jacques II
1690: July 12th: demolished of Irish Jacques II Stuart and his allies vis-a-vis Guillaume III at the time of the Battle of Boyne
1691: July: defeat of the Catholics with Aughrim. Rendering of the troops jacobites. October 3rd: Treaty of Limerick religious liberty to Irish and guarantee of their grounds, end of the war in Ireland. Parliamentary prohibition of access to the House of Commons and the administration for the Catholics.
1695 - 1704: criminal laws of Guillaume III, the catholics cannot buy any more grounds, the public office their is prohibited, the catholic hierarchy is banished.
1699 : laws restricting Irish wool exports
towards 1700: the Anglicans claim administrative independence
1704: laws defining the land and buildings in Ireland, and on attributions of the authorizations of exercise for the catholic priests
1709: law obliging the catholic priests to lend oath of allegiance to the crown
1713: Jonathan Swift is the Senior of the Cathédrale Saint-Patrick of Dublin
1714 - 1727: reign of George Ier, king of Great Britain and Ireland
1717: exodus of the presbytériens of Ulster towards the American colonies
1720: Declaratory Act on the subordination of the kingdom of Ireland to the British Crown
1727 - 1760: reign of George II, king de Grande-Bretagne and of Ireland
1739: great famine which is prolonged until in 1740
1760 - 1820: reign of George III, king de Grande-Bretagne and of Ireland
1768: law fixing duration of the Irish parliamentary legislature at eight years
1775: Henry Grattan chief of the party of the patriots
1778: in March, creation of the Volunteers militia which must ensure the defense armed with the island
1779: the Volunteers require the abolition of the restrictive laws on the trade
1780: February, liberalization of the trade enters the British Ireland and colonies
1782: reform parliamentary: the Parliament of London restores certain rights to the Irish Parliament. Declaration of independence of the Parliament of Grattan. February 15th: convention of the Volunteers in Dungannon claiming the legislative independence of the Irish Parliament. May: law authorizing the Catholics to buy grounds apart from the urban districts. June 21st: abrogation of the law of 1720 (subordination of the kingdom of Ireland to the British Crown); legislative independence of the Irish Parliament. Law of Yelverton prohibiting to the Lord Lieutenant and to the council modification of the laws voted by the Irish Parliament. July: authorization to teach for the Catholics
1791: foundation of the company of the Plain Irish of Theobald Wolfe Thunders
1792: restitution of the civic right and sometimes of the right to vote. April: Relief Act authorization with the Catholics to be a lawyer, as well as the access to the army and the public office
1794: May: arrest of the officers of the company of the Linked Irishmen with Dublin
1795: June 13rd, Theobald Wolfe Tone is constrained to be exiled with the the United States, it arrives at the Havre the February 2nd 1796. With Paris it tries to convince the Directoire of the interest of an action in Ireland. September: foundation of the Order of Orange
1796: December 17th, departure of Lazare Shakes with the head a forwarding. December 23rd: failure of French forwarding with Bantry: a storm separates Hoche from the remainder of the forwarding which returns to France. December 29th: Shake, near to the Irish coasts orders the return of the remaining ships
1798: June 5th, massacre of Protestants with Scullabogue. June 21st: defeat of the Irish insurrectionists with Vinegar Hill. August 6th, departure of a task force of the General Humbert to support the Irish insurrection; August 22nd, unloading with Killala. August 24th: victory of the Humbert General against the British with Balayna. August 27th: victory of the Humbert general against the British with Castelbar. September 8th: The French task force of Humbert in Ireland is encircled by the British of Cornwallis with Ballynamuck. September 15th: Capitulation of the French task force in Ireland. September 16th: departure of Brest of a second French task force in Ireland. October 11th: naval disaster of forwarding in bay of Donegal. November: failure of an attempt at insurrection of the Plain Irish . Commit suicide of Theobald Wolfe Tone in its prison of Dublin (condemned to died by hanging, he prefers to slice the throat)
1800: : Act of Union ( Union Act ) with the Great Britain voted by the Parliament of Dublin. The Irish Parliament is removed, the Irish owners are represented at the Parliament of London; free trade enters Great Britain and Ireland
1801: January 1st: Coming into effect of the legislative union with the Great Britain
1803: July 16th, explosion of a clandestine deposit of the rebels in Patrick Street. July 23rd: Rising of Robert Emmet against the British domination; castle of Dublin attacks. Robert Emmet is captured in August. September 15th: Robert Emmet appears before a special subcommittee, condemned it is carried out the September 20th
1814: in June, dissolution of the movement Catholic Board
1815: beginning of the massive emigration
1820 - 1830: reign of George IV, king de Grande-Bretagne and of Ireland
1822: Irish Constabulary on the police force
1823: in May, foundation of the Catholic Association by Daniel O' Connell
1825: in March, law promulgating prohibition Catholic Association and the Orange Order
1828: July 5th Daniel O' Connell is elected in the county of Clare

Act Union with the Partition

1829 : emancipation of the catholics, they become eligible and can reach all the functions
1830 - 1837: reign of Guillaume IV
1831: March 3rd: riots with Graiguenamagh against the payment of the dîme
1833: April: law of repression against the disorders in Ireland
1834: Pasteur H. Coche advertisement the banns of the marriage crowned between Presbytériens and Anglicans in Hillsborought
1835: pact of Lichfield House between O' Connel and Whigs
1837 - 1901: reign of the queen Victoria
1838: tax reform of the dîme
1840: foundation of the Repeal Association by O' Connell.
1842 : October: foundation of the newspaper The Nation by Thomas Davis
1843: prohibition of the gathering planned for abrogation
1845: beginning of the Great Famine (which lasts until in 1849)
1846: abrogation of the Corn law
1847: foundation of the Confederation Irishwoman . Died of Daniel O' Connell
1848: rebellion of the Young Ireland under the impulse of W. Smith O' Brien
1858: foundation of the Irish Republican Brotherhood (I.R.B.)
1859: April: creation of the brotherhood of Fenians with New York
1867: in February, attacks castle of Chester. September 18th: rebellion of Fenians. December: prison of Clerkenwell with London
1869 attacks: July: Irish Church Act , separation of the church Anglican and the state in Ireland
1870: Land Lord and Holding Act , agrarian law of William Ewart Gladstone in favor of the rights of the tenants. September 1st: foundation of the Home Rule Party, for autonomy interns by Isaac Butt
1872: institution of the secret vote which ruins the capacity of the owners on the farmers
1873: foundation of the Home Rule League
1874: February: the separatists gain 60 of the 103 Irish seats to the House of Commons
1875: Charles Stewart Parnell is elected appointed county of Meath
1877: August 28th: Charles Stewart Parnell takes the head of the Home Rule Ligue. August 31st: the Irish deputies take turns with the platform to block the debates
1879: October: creation of the Land Leagues by Michael Davitt. Beginning of the War of the Grounds
1881: April 7th: Second land reform. October: dissolution of the Land Leagues and arrestion of Charles Stewart Parnell
1882: February 6th: assassination of the viceroy of Ireland by nationalists. Treaty of fine Kilmainham putting at the War Grounds
1884: foundation of the athletic Association Gaelic (GAA) which intends to defend the traditional sports
1885: in December, the partisans of Parnell gain 85 of the 103 Irish seats at the Parliament
1886: January 25th: creation of a unionistic group to the House of Commons. April 8th: bill on Irish autonomy, the Home Rule Bill by the government of William Gladstone. June 8th: rejection of the project Home Rule Bill with the House of Commons
1891: died of Charles Stewart Parnell with Brighton
1892: August: creation of the National Literary Society, in November, D. Hyde affirms there that one needs désangliciser Ireland. James Connolly (1868 - 1916) becomes secretary of the Scottish Socialist Federation (in 1889, it had deserted the British army and had taken refuge in Scotland)
1893: creation of Connradht Na Gaedhilge (League Gaelic) for the defense of the language by Eoin MacNeill. New bill on the autonomy of Ireland, rejected by the House of Lords
1896: foundation of the Irish Socialist Republican Party by James Connolly; this same year it publishes: Ireland with the Irishmen
1898: foundation of the plain Irish League
1900: John Redmond is elected president of the Irish parliamentary Party and the plain Irish League. Delegates of the IRSP are sent to Paris for the Congress of the Internationale
1901 - 1910: reign of Edouard VII
1902: success of the part Cathleen nor Houlihan , of inspiration Gaelic and revolutionist, written by William Butler Yeats, and interpreted by Maud Gonne (creation the April 2nd with Dublin)
1903: August 14th: Land Purchase Act supporting the repurchase of the grounds. September: Connolly emigrates with the E. - U. (where it continues its militant action until in 1910)
1905: creation of the Sinn Féin by Arthur Griffith. March: foundation of the Ulster Unionist Council (UUC)
1907: burden with the Docker S and riots with Belfast
1910 - 1936: reign of George V
1911: August 10th: Parliement Act which limits the capacities of the House of Lords. September 23rd: speech of Sir Edward Carson against any project of Irish autonomy.
1912 : the Asquith liberal government deposits a law of Home Rule with the House of Commons. July: the chief of the British conservatives gives his support for the loyal supporters. September: creation of a provisional government by the UUC. September 28th: proclamation Solemn League and Covenant for the rejection of the Rule Home. November 3rd: adoption of the Home Rule by the House of Commons.
1913 : in January, creation of the Ulster Volunteer Forces (unionistic tendency), the Protestants raise an army of 100.000 men to be opposed to the application of the Rule Home. November 19th: foundation of the Irish Citizen Army (ICA). November 25th: Foundation of the Irish Volunteers, militia favorable to the Rule Home. The Rule Home is pushed back by twice by the House of Lords.
1914 : failure of the conference of Buckingham. March 20th: 57 officers of Kildare refuse a possible attempt at coercion against the people loyal supporter of Ulster . April 24th: Irish Volunteers Force is armed and becomes the 36e Division of the British army for the duration of the war. The Home Rule is definitively voted in May (it will come into force only after the war. August: James Connolly becomes president of the Irish Neutrality League and denounces the war in the Irish Worker . September 18th: the king George V approves the project of Irish autonomy, but suspends it for the duration of the war. September 20th: Redmond exhorts the members of the IVF to be engaged in the British army. November: Roger Casement is with Berlin to obtain supports it Germans.
1915 : 200.000 Irish engages in the British army Connolly organizes training courses soldier for the ICA and Irish Volunteers.
1916 :

April 12th: Roger Casement is deposited by a German submarine on the Irish coasts, it is quickly stopped by the British.
April 20th: the German ship transporting Aud of the weapons for the IVF is hailed.
April 24th: Insurrection of Easter 1916 with Dublin, proclamation of the Irish Republic and creation of a provisional government, James Connolly is the vice-president, and ordering major general of Dublin of the WILL GO. The revolt is crushed in one week but British repression creates a movement of sympathy towards the Sinn Féin.
April 29th: Patrick Pearse, chief of the provisional government signs a unconditional surrender.
May 3rd: execution of Patrick Pearse. May 12th: execution of James Connolly, founder of the socialist Republican party.
July 1st: Breaking is condemned to died for high treason by a martial court. August: First wave of release of republican prisoners by the British.
December 23rd: second wave of release of republican prisoners by the British

1917: Last republican prisoners by the British
1918 amnesties: May 11th: Lord French is named viceroy of Ireland. May 17th: arrest of many nationalists of which Eamon de Valera. July 3rd: Sinn Féin is declared out the law. December 28th: victory of the republicans of Sinn Féin led by Eamon de Valera to the elections (73 seats out of 105 for Sinn Féin).
1919 : in January, formation of the Dáil Éireann by the elected officials of Sinn Féin. January 21st: declaration of independence and adoption of a constitution by Dáil Éireann; Sinn Féiners constitute a separate Irish Parliament. February 3rd: from Valera escapes from its English prison. Beginning of the military countryside of the IVF against the British, beginning of the War of Irish independence.
1919 - 1921: guerilla anti-British
1920:

March 31st: deposit of a bill on the independence of Ireland to the House of Commons.
May 10th: 180 Irish prisoners start an hunger strike.
August 3rd: riots anti-British in Belfast.

October 25th: death of Lord Mac Swiney, mayor of Cork after 73 days of hunger strike. November: creation of the B Specials in charge of the fight against WILL GO.
November 20th: execution of 14 members of the British secret services in Dublin by WILL GO. In reprisals, the November 21st, the British army shoots at crowd at the stage from Croke Park in Dublin, making 30 dead civilians (the Bloody Sunday ).
November 27th: arrest of Arthur Griffith, founder of Sinn Féin.
December: WILL GO attack a British convoy to Cork, 17 dead.
December 14th: The House of Lords off approves the Government Ireland Act , which is signed the December 23rd by the king George V

1921: in May, victory of Sinn Féin to the elections of the Irish Parliament and victory of Unionistic in Ulster; Constitution of one second Dáil which refuses the British institutions. June 21st: opening of the first session of the Parliament north-Irish. July: signature of a truce between WILL GO and the British army. October 21st: opening of the conference of peace on Ireland. December 6th: the moderate nationalists accept the treated of London; Ireland is divided between Ulster (six counties of north) which remains integral part of the the United Kingdom and the free State of Ireland which becomes a dominion of the the Commonwealth

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