Timeline - Northern Ireland - The Troubles

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Northern Ireland


Date Summary Event
400s AD St Patrick

Saint Patrick brought Christianity to Ireland.
Patrick had been had been taken to Ireland as a slave. He escaped to France where he studied to become a priest. He later returned to Ireland and successfully converted the people .
1170 First English involvement in Ireland


Turlogh O'Connor overthrew Dermot MacMurrough King of Leinster, MacMurrough asked King Henry II of England for help. MacMurrough rewarded the English soldiers that helped him to regain his kingdom with land.
1171

Earl of Pembroke - Strongbow - King of Leinster
When MacMurrough died, Strongbow proclaimed himself King of Leinster.
After 1171

Irish Land seized by English Barons
English Barons seized land in Ireland.
1300s All land in Ireland under English control.

English Barons continued to seize land in Ireland and by the 1300s they held nearly all land in Ireland. However, loyalty to England had weakened and many of the former English Barons now considered themselves Irish rather than English.
1400s English control confined to the Pale

By the end of the fifteenth century English control was confined to a small area around Dublin. This area was known as the Pale. Those beyond the Pale were"