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Ireland Timeline Game

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Summoning Knowledge...

About This Challenge

Explore the rich history of Ireland through this engaging timeline game. Test your knowledge and challenge yourself to place events in their correct chronological order.

  • Key detail 1: Learn about significant events that have shaped Ireland’s past.
  • Key detail 2: Improve your understanding of Irish history while having fun.
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  • 795 AD: Vikings begin raiding Ireland
  • 1002 AD: Brian Boru becomes High King of Ireland
  • 1169 AD: Norman invasion of Ireland
  • 1297 AD: First Irish Parliament established
  • 1845-1852: Great Famine in Ireland
  • 1916: Easter Rising against British rule
  • 1919-1921: Irish War of Independence
  • 1922: Formation of the Irish Free State
  • 1922-1923: Irish Civil War
  • 1949: Ireland officially becomes a Republic
  • 1972: Bloody Sunday in Northern Ireland
  • 1998: Good Friday Agreement signed
  • 2002: Ireland adopts the Euro currency
  • 2008-2013: Irish financial crisis
  • 2015: Marriage equality referendum in Ireland
  • 2018: Ireland legalizes abortion
  • 2016: Brexit referendum in the UK
  • 2020: COVID-19 pandemic reaches Ireland
  • 2015: Ireland becomes first country to legalize same-sex marriage by popular vote
  • 2019: Irish government announces plans to phase out peat burning for electricity

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