Irish History from 1850 - 1870 BC
1850 - 1872 AD
Party Procession Acts again enforced.
James Stephens returned to Ireland.
July 1857: Ten days of serious rioting in Belfast following clashes
surrounding the Orange Order parades on July 12th.
James Stephens formed an organisation that was to become the Irish
Republican Brotherhood (IRB).
The Irish People newspaper founded.
Rioting in Belfast over the O'Connell monument in Dublin.
James Stephens arrested but later escapes from jail.
Kelly, an American Civil War veteran traveled to Ireland and took
charge of preparations for a Fenian rising.
February 1867: Abortive raid on Chester Castle.
March 1867 Failed Fenian Uprising.
July12, 1867: Orangemen march in County Down in defiance of a ban on
September 1867: Kelly rescued from a police carriage in Manchester.
November 1867: Allen, Larkin and O'Brien executed.
December 1867: Explosion at Clerkenwell.
Gladstone became Prime Minister.
Protestant Church was disestablished in Ireland.
Gladstone's first Land Act.
| Gaelic is the Celtic branch of the Indo-European
family of languages. About one person in five in Ireland can speak
Irish today, but only one in 20 use it daily. In Scotland
approximately 80,000 people speak Gaelic. |
Saint Patrick (about 389-461) is the patron saint of
Ireland. Patrick was born in Britain.|
Ireland, together with Britain, joined
the European Economic Community in 1973.|
| The Celts
and Ancient History, Bronze and Iron Age - The ancient
culture of the Celts had settled in many European
countries including Austria, Britain, Ireland, France,
Holland, Belgium, Switzerland, Western Germany, Northern
Spain, Turkey and Hungary. |
The Irish Government is expected to
call a General Election in Ireland for 2007.|