Timeline of Irish history

This is a timeline of the history of Ireland.

• 30000 BC: Woolly mammoth, bear, reindeer and hyena present in Ireland.
• 11000 - 8000 BC: Climate again genial; gentians and mountion avens growing in open spaces; copses of birch. Reindeer and giant Irish deer (so-called Irish elk) in south; also wolf, lynx, bear, fo, and Irish hare.
• 8000 BC: Post-glacial time begins; woodlands spread.
• 6000 BC: Rising sea level cuts Ireland off from Britain. Earliest evidence for presence of humans in Ireland at Mount Sandel near Coleraine.
• 3000 BC: After various fluctations, seal level around Ireland stabilised. Forest clearances continue; cereal crops grown, pottery vessels and polished stone axes in use. Axe factory at Tievebulliagh, (Co. Armagh), distributing products widely in Ireland and Britain. Bulding of megalithic tombs begins.
• 2670 BC: Battle of Magh Ithe, according to the Annals of the Four Masters
• 2071 BC: Battle of Magh Ithe, according to Geoffrey Keating
• 680 BC: Radiocarbon dating for first circular inhabitation enclosure at Emain Macha (Navan fort near Armagh)
• c.600-500 BC: 'Periplous' of Himilco; earliest documentary reference to Ireland.
• 400's BC: 465 BC 450 BC
• 300's BC: 307 BC 300 BC
• 200's BC: 200 BC
• 00's: 20 76
• 100's: 106 157 186 195
• 200's: 226
• 230's: 236 237 238 239
• 240's: 240 241 248
• 260's: 262 265
• 270's: 271 272
• 280's: 283 284 285
• 290's: 290 291 297
• 320's: 322 324
• 330's: 331
• 350's: 356
• 360's: 366 367
• 430's: 431 435
• 440's: 444 445 446 447
• 450's:450 453 454 456 457 459
• 460's:461 465 467 468 469
• 470's: 470 476 478
• 480's: 480 481 482 483 485 487 489
• 490's:490 491 492 493 494 495 496 497 498 499
• 500's: 500 506 507 509
• 510's: 512 513 516 517
• 520's: 520 521 524 526 527
• 530's: 534 535 536 537
• 540's: 540 542 544 545 546 547 548 549
• 550's: 550 551 552 553 554 555 556 557 558 559
• 560's: 560 562 563 564 565 566 567 568 569
• 570's: 570
• 580's:
• 590's:
• 600's:
• 610's:
• 620's:
• 1320's: 1329
• 1370's: 1372 1373
• 1380's: 1384 1387

• 1400's: 1405 1406 1416
• 1420's: 1420 1422 1423
• 1430's: 1431
• 1450's: 1452 1454 1458
• 1460's: 1462 1468
• 1470's: 1478
• 1480's: 1484 1485
• 1490's: 1496
• 1500's: 1516
• 1520's:
• 1530's: 1532
• 1540's: 1541 1544
• 1570's: 1571 1579
• 1580's: 1580
• 1590's: 1591
• 1600's: 1602
• 1610's: 1614 1616 1618 1619
• 1620's: 1621 1625 1627
• 1630's: 1635 1636 1637
• 1640's: 1641 1642 1649
• 1650's: 1651 1652 1653
• 1660's: 1661
• 1700's: 1706
• 1710's: 1717
• 1720's: 1726 1728
• 1730's: 1732 1733 1735
• 1740's:
• 1750's: 1758
• 1760's: 1761 1769
• 1770's: 1773 1777
• 1780's: 1783 1784
• 1790's: 1790 1792 1795
• 1800's: 1816
• 1820's: 1826 1827
• 1830's:
• 1840's:
• 1850's:
• 1860's:
• 1870's:
• 1880s: 1880 - 1881 - 1882 - 1883 - 1884 - 1885 - 1886 - 1887 - 1888 - 1889
• 1890s: 1890 - 1891 - 1892 - 1893 - 1894 - 1895 - 1896 - 1897 - 1898 - 1899
• 1900s: 1900 - 1901 - 1902 - 1903 - 1904 - 1905 - 1906 - 1907 - 1908 - 1909
• 1910s: 1910 - 1911 - 1912 - 1913 - 1914 - 1915 - 1916 - 1917 - 1918 - 1919
• 1920s: 1920 - 1921 - 1922 - 1923 - 1924 - 1925 - 1926 - 1927 - 1928 - 1929
• 1930s: 1930 - 1931 - 1932 - 1933 - 1934 - 1935 - 1936 - 1937 - 1938 - 1939
• 1940s: 1940 - 1941 - 1942 - 1943 - 1944 - 1945 - 1946 - 1947 - 1948 - 1949
• 1950s: 1950 - 1951 - 1952 - 1953 - 1954 - 1955 - 1956 - 1957 - 1958 - 1959
• 1960s: 1960 - 1961 - 1962 - 1963 - 1964 - 1965 - 1966 - 1967 - 1968 - 1969
• 1970s: 1970 - 1971 - 1972 - 1973 - 1974 - 1975 - 1976 - 1977 - 1978 - 1979
• 1980s: 1980 - 1981 - 1982 - 1983 - 1984 - 1985 - 1986 - 1987 - 1988 - 1989
• 1990s: 1990 - 1991 - 1992 - 1993 - 1994 - 1995 - 1996 - 1997 - 1998 - 1999
• 2000s: 2000 - 2001 - 2002 - 2003 - 2004 - 2005 - 2006 - 2007 - 2008 - 2009

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