Take a look at the major periods in Ireland’s history through the ages:
Ancient Ireland
| c. 12000 – 2750 BCE |
Neolithic Ireland |
| 2750 – 600 BCE |
The Bronze Age |
| 700 – 150 BCE |
Arrival of the Celts |
| 430 – 800 CE |
Christianity established |
The Middle Ages
| 800 – 900 |
Viking invasions |
| 1170 – 1270 |
Norman Ireland |
| 1270 – 1366 |
English settlement and repression |
| 1370 – 1455 |
Irish Revival and the Pale |
| 1455 – 1541 |
Wars of the Roses and Geraldine domination |
Early Modern Ireland
| 1532 – 1603 |
Ireland and the Reformation |
| 1558 – 1647 |
The Plantations |
| 1649 – 60 |
Cromwellian Ireland |
| 1660 – 90 |
Establishment of Protestant supremacy |
The Modern Age in Ireland
| 1695 – 1782 |
Penal Laws and repression |
| 1782 – 1800 |
Period of Irish parliamentarianism |
| 1800 – 1922 |
Ireland and union |
| 1845 – 51 |
Famine and emigration |
| 1875 – 1916 |
Campaign for home rule |
| 1916 – 23 |
Irish Revolution |
| 1921 – 72 |
Stormont government of Northern Ireland |
| 1922 – 48 |
Irish Free State |
| 1949 – 2000s |
The Irish Republic |
| 1960s – 2000s |
Troubles in Northern Ireland |
