Template:Timeline of Irish states

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—1607   1642—53     1798     1916—21 1922—37 1937—
  Gaelic Ireland     Confederate Ireland     Republic of Connaught2     Irish Republic Irish Free State   Ireland
Lordship of Ireland1 Kingdom of Ireland Commonwealth
of England,
Scotland
and Ireland		 Kingdom of Ireland United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland   Southern Ireland3
1922  
Munster Republic2  
  United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland   1969—72   Direct rule  
Free Derry4
 
  1171—1549 1541—1649 1649—1660 1560—1801 1801—1921 1921—73 1973—98 1998—
Notes: 1 Papal overlordship granted as feudal possession to English crown
2 Extra-judicial area during time of war
3 Parliament met only once to ratify Anglo-Irish Treaty and to then dissolve the state
4 Extra-judicial area during time of civil unrest
     End of Gaelic period     Start of British constitutional period     Start of Irish constitutional period

[edit] About this template

This template shows a timeline of states existing on the island of Ireland since 1171. It includes the Gaelic order for consistency given the overlap of this polity with the Lordship of Ireland and the first 50 years of the Kingdom of Ireland.

Some controversial entities are also included, such as Southern Ireland, the Republic of Connaught and Free Derry. These entities at least nominally had the authority to govern, or represent autonomous areas of historical merit. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is included as it has authority to exercise government over a part of the island of Ireland. The European Union is not included since it is a supranational entity.