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457 matches to Irish Free State
Columban, St. c543-615. Irish monk. Missionary to France, Switzerland, Italy.
Cuchulain. Legendary powerful Irish warrior.
Dail Eireann. 1919. Irish national parliament.
Donnybrook. 1204-1855. Irish county fair renowned for drunken brawls.
Emmet, Robert. 1778-1803. Leader of failed Irish nationalist uprising. Executed.
Fenians. 1858. Secret US society of Irish emigrants seeking Irish autonomy. Raided Canada 1866,70,71.
Fianna Fáil. 1926-. Irish political party vs 1921 treaty. De Valera.
Finn MacCool. 3C. Leader of Irish warriors, subject of Fenian legends.
Fitzgerald, Edward. 1763-98. Irish rebel. Sought aid from France for 1798 uprising.
Fitzgerald, Gerald. c1538-83. Irish. Rebelled vs Q Elizabeth 1579-83.
Fitzgerald, Thomas. 1513-37. Irish. Led rebellion vs Henry VIII 1534-5.
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 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.
Irish Land Acts. 1870-1903. British legislation for tenant farmers vs landlords.
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.
Joyce, James. 1882-1941. Innovative Irish writer in Stream of Consciousness style. Experimented with linguistic techniques. Dubliners 1914. Portrait of the Artist 1916. Ulysses 1922. Finnegan’s Wake 1939.