Timeline of Irish history
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This is a timeline of the history of Ireland.
- 30000 BC: Woolly mammoth, bear, reindeer and hyena present in Ireland.
- 11000 - 8000 BC: Climate again genial; gentians and mountion avens growing in open spaces; copses of birch. Reindeer and giant Irish deer (so-called Irish elk) in south; also wolf, lynx, bear, fox, and Irish hare.
- 8000 BC: Post-glacial time begins; woodlands spread.
- 6000 BC: Rising sea level cuts Ireland off from Britain. Earliest evidence for presence of humans in Ireland at Mount Sandel near Coleraine.
- 3000 BC: After various fluctations, seal level around Ireland stabilised. Forest clearances continue; cereal crops grown, pottery vessels and polished stone axes in use. Axe factory at Tievebulliagh, (Co. Armagh), distributing products widely in Ireland and Britain. Bulding of megalithic tombs begins.
- 2670 BC: Battle of Magh Ithe, according to the Annals of the Four Masters
- 2071 BC: Battle of Magh Ithe, according to Geoffrey Keating
- 680 BC: Radiocarbon dating for first circular inhabitation enclosure at Emain Macha (Navan fort near Armagh)
- c.600-500 BC: 'Periplous' of Himilco; earliest documentary reference to Ireland.
- 400s BC: 465 BC 450 BC
- 300s BC: 307 BC 300 BC
- 200s BC: 200 BC
- 00s: 20 76
- 100s: 106 157 186 195
- 200s: 226
- 230s: 236 237 238 239
- 240s: 240 241 248
- 260s: 262 265
- 270s: 271 272
- 280s: 283 284 285
- 290s: 290 291 297
- 320s: 322 324
- 330s: 331
- 350s: 356
- 360s: 366 367
- 430s: 431 435
- 440s: 444 445 446 447
- 450s:450 453 454 456 457 459
- 460s:461 465 467 468 469
- 470s: 470 476 478
- 480s: 480 481 482 483 485 487 489
- 490s:490 491 492 493 494 495 496 497 498 499
- 500s: 500 506 507 509
- 510s: 512 513 516 517
- 520s: 520 521 524 526 527
- 530s: 534 535 536 537
- 540s: 540 542 544 545 546 547 548 549
- 550s: 550 551 552 553 554 555 556 557 558 559
- 560s: 560 562 563 564 565 566 567 568 569
- 570s: 570
- 580s:
- 590s:
- 600s:
- 610s:
- 620s:
- 920s: 920
- 1320s: 1329
- 1370s: 1372 1373
- 1380s: 1384 1387
- 1400s: 1405 1406 1416
- 1420s: 1420 1422 1423
- 1430s: 1431
- 1450s: 1452 1454 1458
- 1460s: 1462 1468
- 1470s: 1478
- 1480s: 1484 1485
- 1490s: 1496
- 1500s: 1516
- 1520s:
- 1530s: 1532
- 1540s: 1541 1544
- 1570s: 1571 1579
- 1580s: 1580
- 1590s: 1591
- 1600s: 1602
- 1610s: 1614 1616 1618 1619
- 1620s: 1621 1625 1627
- 1630s: 1635 1636 1637
- 1640s: 1641 1642 1649
- 1650s: 1651 1652 1653
- 1660s: 1661
- 1700s: 1706
- 1710s: 1717
- 1720s: 1726 1728
- 1730s: 1732 1733 1735
- 1740s:
- 1750s: 1758
- 1760s: 1761 1769
- 1770s: 1773 1777
- 1780s: 1783 1784
- 1790s: 1790 1792 1795
- 1800s: 1816
- 1820s: 1826 1827
- 1830s:
- 1840s: 1846
- 1850s:
- 1860s:
- 1870s:
- 1880s: 1880 - 1881 - 1882 - 1883 - 1884 - 1885 - 1886 - 1887 - 1888 - 1889
- 1890s: 1890 - 1891 - 1892 - 1893 - 1894 - 1895 - 1896 - 1897 - 1898 - 1899
- 1900s: 1900 - 1901 - 1902 - 1903 - 1904 - 1905 - 1906 - 1907 - 1908 - 1909
- 1910s: 1910 - 1911 - 1912 - 1913 - 1914 - 1915 - 1916 - 1917 - 1918 - 1919
- 1920s: 1920 - 1921 - 1922 - 1923 - 1924 - 1925 - 1926 - 1927 - 1928 - 1929
- 1930s: 1930 - 1931 - 1932 - 1933 - 1934 - 1935 - 1936 - 1937 - 1938 - 1939
- 1940s: 1940 - 1941 - 1942 - 1943 - 1944 - 1945 - 1946 - 1947 - 1948 - 1949
- 1950s: 1950 - 1951 - 1952 - 1953 - 1954 - 1955 - 1956 - 1957 - 1958 - 1959
- 1960s: 1960 - 1961 - 1962 - 1963 - 1964 - 1965 - 1966 - 1967 - 1968 - 1969
- 1970s: 1970 - 1971 - 1972 - 1973 - 1974 - 1975 - 1976 - 1977 - 1978 - 1979
- 1980s: 1980 - 1981 - 1982 - 1983 - 1984 - 1985 - 1986 - 1987 - 1988 - 1989
- 1990s: 1990 - 1991 - 1992 - 1993 - 1994 - 1995 - 1996 - 1997 - 1998 - 1999
- 2000s: 2000 - 2001 - 2002 - 2003 - 2004 - 2005 - 2006 - 2007 - 2008 - 2009
