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Ireland's history includes early settlers from the northeast around 8,000 years ago, the arrival of the Celts in the mid-6th century BC, and the Christianization led by St. Patrick in the 5th century. Viking incursions began in 795, leading to fortified settlements and significant commercial influence in Dublin. The 18th century saw the independence of the Irish Parliament, the rise of influential figures like Daniel O’Connell, and cultural movements such as the Gaelic revival, promoting native sports and language.

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Ireland's history includes early settlers from the northeast around 8,000 years ago, the arrival of the Celts in the mid-6th century BC, and the Christianization led by St. Patrick in the 5th century. Viking incursions began in 795, leading to fortified settlements and significant commercial influence in Dublin. The 18th century saw the independence of the Irish Parliament, the rise of influential figures like Daniel O’Connell, and cultural movements such as the Gaelic revival, promoting native sports and language.

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Ireland

The first settlers arrived in the Middle Stone Age, about 8 thousand years ago. They arrived from
the northeast where the city of Arne is today.

These people were hunters, later the farmers arrived who were in charge of cultivating and caring
for the land and animals, to later be marketed. They greatly venerated the dead, in fact they built
tombs that can still be seen in different parts of Ireland to this day.

Celts

They arrived in Central Europe in the mid-6th century BC, and were reputed to be intelligent and
good craftsmen. The strongest currents of Celtic culture were language, law (brehons) and religion
(druidism).

Christendom

Christianization is said to have begun in the early 5th century, through a papally appointed bishop
who worked in Leinster. At the end of the 5th century, St. Patrick arrived in Ireland, evangelizing
most of the country, and in the 6th century, according to his own writings in Latin, Ireland became
completely Christian.

Vikings

The first appearances of Viking explorers were around the year 795, where they were only small
incarnations that only looted loot, and in 837 two large expeditions along the river appeared.

Borne and liffey where they disembark. From that place, exploration routes are established and
undertaken towards the center of Ireland. Already in 841 the first large fortified settlements
appeared. In 1014 the first great war in Clontarf between the Vikings and the Irish broke out, and
the Danish army was defeated. After this defeat, the great commercial influence continued to be
maintained, particularly in Dublin.

Norman and English influence.

The Norman influence on Irish culture was the introduction of feudal rule. Then when Henry VIII
assumed the English reign, new social influences were added to Ireland in the 15th century.

Century XVIII

In 1782 the independence of the Irish Parliament was granted, since until then it was
subordinated to the power of London. Forgive me important of this parliament Henry Grattan
whose statue stands today on college green.

In the year 1800 the Irish parliament was once again under the command of the government in
London, where a vote was held where the same parliament voted in favor of this. Approving the
union act this year.

Daniel O’Connell
He was educated in France, and in 1829 he was elected member of parliament for Dublin.
Thereafter, the Catholic clergy became a potent force in Irish politics and O'Connell became known
as the ”Liberator”.

The Fenians

The Fenian Brotherhood which became the Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB), from which
emerged the Irish Republican Army (IRA). The Fenian Brotherhood, named after a group of
mythical heroic warriors, was founded in a Dublin lumber yard on St. Patrick’s Day 1858.

Gaelic revival

The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA), of which Parnell was a patron, was founded in 1884 to
promote the native games of hurling and Gaelic football.

The Gaelic League was founded in 1893 by the son of a Roscommon Protestant clergyman, Dr
Douglas Hyde, with the aim of reviving interest in the native language. The first great success of
the Gaelic League was to make Irish an essential subject in the entrance exam to the National
University of Ireland. The GAA ‘ban’ was introduced with the purpose of excluding those who
played games associated with the British Army and the police. It continued long after the founding
of the independent Irish State and was not abolished until 1971. Before that, players could not play
hurling or Gaelich football, as well as soccer or rugby, without risking suspension by the CAA.

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