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Fitzgerald, Gerald. c1538-83. Irish. Rebelled vs Q Elizabeth 1579-83.
Fitzgerald, Thomas. 1513-37. Irish. Led rebellion vs Henry VIII 1534-5.
Furetière, Antoine. 1619-88. French satirist/lexicographer. Nouvelle Allégorique 1658. Universal Dictionary 1684.
Gladstone, William. 1809-98. English Liberal reform Prime Minister 1868~94. Secret ballot. Public Education. Irish land reforms.
Goldsmith, Oliver. 1730-74. Irish Writer: Vicar of Wakefield 1766; She Stoops to Conquer 1773.
Grattan, Henry. 1746-1820. Irish independence leader. Irish Parliament 1782. Poyning’s Law repeal movement.
Griffith, Arthur. 1872-1922. Founded Sinn Fein 1905. Irish President 1922.
Hamilton, William Rowan. 1805-65. Irish mathematician. Unification of optics and dynamics. Quaternion Theory.
Head Act. 1465. Bounty to English colonists for heads of Irish.
Herbert, Victor. 1859-1924. Irish/US operetta composer. Babes in Toyland 1903.
Home Rule Bill. 1914 Separate Irish Parliament. 1920 Government of Ireland Act. Irish Free State.
Home Rule Movement, Irish. 1870-c1920. For independence from Britain.
Iceland. 9C Irish discover. 870 Norway colonized. 930 Althing. 1262 Norway. 1380 Denmark 1904 Home rule. 1918 Sovereignty. 1944 Republic.
Ireland. 400BC-100 Celts. 432 Christianity. 8-14C Norse/British invade, settle. 1002 Brian Boru. 1573 English plantations. 1801 United Kingdom. 1921 Irish Free State/Northern Ireland.
Ireland, Republic. 1921 Dominion =Irish Free State. 1937 =Eire. 1949 Republic of Ireland. 1949 leaves Commonwealth.
Iris. Greek personification of the rainbow.
Irish Free State. 1922-37. = Ireland, Republic of.
Irish Home Rule. 1880-1920. Movement for Irish independence from Britain. Home rule granted 1920...Irish Free State.
Irish Land Acts. 1870-1903. British legislation for tenant farmers vs landlords.
Irish Partition. 1921. Irish Free State established; 6 NE counties elect to stay British.
Irish Potato Famine. 1845-51. Blight kills crop. 1M die. Emmigration to North America. Resentment of English.
Irish Rebellion. 1649. Crushed by Cromwell. 1798. Resulted in Union Act.
Irish Republican Army. IRA. 1919-. For a unified independent Ireland by terrorism (Provisional Wing) or by democratic means (Officials). Opposed Allies in WWII. Terrorism 1921-40, 1969-. Outlawed in Eire 1930, 36, 74. Sinn Fein.
Irish War. 1919-21. IRA fights for indepence. Irish Free State.
Isis. Egyptian deity of the moon, nature and fertility. Sister of Osiris.