A traveller's history of Ireland

From Tara to Saint Patrick

Early Christian Ireland, 500-795

The coming of the Vikings, 795-950

From Brian Boru to Strongbow, 951-1169

The Norman invasion, 1169-1300

The Anglo-Scots war and the Statues of Kilkenny, 1300-1366

The Gaelic revival and the Wars of the Roses, 1366-1513

The Tudor conquest, 1513-1607

From Rathmullan to the Boyne, 1607-1690

The Protestant ascendancy, 1690-1800

The rise of Catholic nationalism and the famine, 1800-1868

Parnell and home rule, 1868-1891

Orange revolt and republican sacrifice, 1891-1916

Independence and civil war, 1916-1923

A Protestant state for a Protestant people, 1920-1973

From free tate to republic, 1922-1949

Towards Europe, 1949-1973

Contemporary Ireland

Rulers and monarchs

Chronology of major events.