Irish History

16th Century: Tudor Kings and Queens

Henry 8th:

(King Of Ireland): “If you follow English law, you can keep your land!”English lived mainly in the Pale (Dublin).

Child 1: King Edward 6th: Died after 7 years as King.

Child 2: Queen Mary 1st: Failed to ‘plant’Englishmen in Laois & Offaly. The Irish took back the land.

Child 3: Queen Elizabeth 1st: Took Munster from the Irish.

Hugh O’Neill & O’Donnell:Asked for help from Spain.

Spain landed in the wrong place and lost in battle.

‘Hughs’ fled Ireland. Ulster was ‘planted’ by Britain.

1542

1553

1556

1586

1607

King Charles 1st: Became King of Britain and all of Ireland.

People of Britain split into 2 groups:a) Royalists: Wanted a king to rule.

b) Parliamentarians:Wanted to set up a parliament to rule the country.

This led to a civil war.

Oliver Cromwell (Parliamentarian): Wins power over Britain and Ireland.

Took Irish land from the Irish and said, “To Hell or to Connaught with you!’

17th Century: Civil War in Britain1625

1642

1653

Penal laws come to Ireland:

“You cannot teach Irish, the Catholic religion, or anything to do with Irish culture!’’

Rich British landlords:

Rented land to the Irish.

Wolfe Tone & United Irishmen:

Wanted the Irish to have equal rights.

Went to France looking for help.

18th Century: The Penal Laws

1695

1791

The British:

Heard about Wolfe Tone’s rebellion and were ready to fight back.

The Irish:

Surprised them at first and won back some land.

Failure:

The French never showed up and Britain won against the badly equipped Irish army.

United Irishmen were killed or jailed as a result.

1798: The Wexford Rebellion

Patrick Pearse reads the Proclamation of the Republic outside the GPO (O’Connell St.).

The Irish take control of important buildings and fly the Irish flag.

Locals begin looting shopsThe Irish are running out of ammunition.

The British gunboat the Helga fires at Liberty Hall.

The Irish are no match for the British.

James Connolly (a leader in the Rising) is hit by a bullet and injured.

The GPO (headquarters) is set on fire by the British and the Irish are forced to evacuate.They surrender to the British on Saturday, April 19th.

Monday, April 24th

Tuesday, April 25th

Wednesday, April 26th

Thursday, April 27th

Friday, April 28th

1916: The Easter Rising