Irish Potato Famine. 1845-51. Blight kills crop. 1M die. Emmigration to North America. Resentment of English.

Anglo-Irish Agreement. 1985. Irish Republic gets voice in governing N. Ireland.

Anglo-Irish Treaty. 1921. Partitioned Ireland. Irish Free State as Dominion. N. Ireland in UK.

Balfour, Arthur. 1848-1930. British Prime Minister 1902-5. Opposed Irish Home Rule. Balfour Declaration.

Beckett, Samuel. 1906-89. English/Irish novelist, dramatist expressing man’s suffering: Waiting for Godot 1952. Endgame.

Berkeley, George. 1685-1753. Irish immaterialist philosopher: reality exists only in the eye of God; for man, only when perceived. Principles of Knowledge 1710.

Black and Tans. 1920-22. Brutal British police sent to suppress Irish unrest. Irish Free State.

Brehon Laws. (Feinechus) 8-17C. Irish legal system.

Brigit, St. 453-523. Founded Kildare nunnery. Irish Patron St.

Carson, Edward. 1854-1935. Irish. Formed Ulster Volunteers to resist Home Rule.

Casement, Roger. 1864-1916. Irish. Enlisted German aid for Irish Independence during WWI. Executed.

Clan-na-Gael. 1883- US Irish terrorist organization.

Collins, Michael. 1890-1922. Led Easter Rebellion. First Prime Minister of Irish Free State 1922. Assassinated by extremists.

Columba, St. c521-597. Irish monk. Missionary to Scotland.

Columban, St. c543-615. Irish monk. Missionary to France, Switzerland, Italy.

Cuchulain. Legendary powerful Irish warrior.

Dail Eireann. 1919. Irish national parliament.

De Valéra, Eamon. 1882-1975. US/Irish mathematician. Led Easter Uprising. Led Sinn Fein, 1917-26. Founded Fianna Fáil 1926. Prime Minister of Irish Free State, 1931~59. President 59-73.

Donnybrook. 1204-1855. Irish county fair renowned for drunken brawls.

Easter Rebellion. 1916. Ireland. Irish Free State.

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.

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