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'THE UNITED IRISHMEN' - 'OUTLINE OF HISTORY'

				CHRONOLOGICAL OUTLINE OF
				     IRISH HISTORY	 

			FROM LEGENDARY DAYS TO THE EARLY PART OF THE 
				THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
			     Tabulated by Horace S. MEESE


	There is little but conjecture as to the earliest inhabitants of Ireland, 
known at the time of the Milesian invasion as Inis Ealga (The Noble Isle) The Phonecians
certainly had an extensive trade with the inhabitants, but as to their manners and customs, 
all is lost in obscurity.  There seems however to have been a marked difference between the 
Firbolgs, the pastoral inhabitants and the Tuathat-da-Danaans, the traders.
	The Milesian colonists reached Ireland from Spain, but were an Eastern people who
bore the "Sacred Banner of the Milesians"; a flag on which was represented a dead serpent
and the rod of Moses.  This emblem was selected after the miraculous curing of young 
Gadelius, son of Niul, son of the king of Scythia, by Moses while the Israelites were in the
wilderness.  
	After the healing of the youth, who had been bitten by a poisonous serpent, the man
of God prophesied that the posterity of the prince should inhabit a country where no 
venomous reptile could live, an island they should see and find in the track of the setting sun.	
	The search for this promised land led the people of Gadelius across a wide expanse
of Southern Europe, tarrying in Spain long enough to build the city of Brigantia.  Finallt
the third generation after Gadelius, Ith, an uncle of Milesius, in cruising along the 
Northern coast sighted the "promised Isle" and on landing to explore it, was attacked by 
the inhabitants, wounded and died while being conveyed homeward.
	The entire Milesian host joined in the invasion of Ireland to avenge the death of
Ith and also to occupy the land promised them, "the isle they had seen in their dreams."

	The following chronology has been prepared after a careful comparison of the 
available data and where conflicting years were given the one used herein is that sustained
by the majority of Irish historians.
	The most complete record previously published was prepared by Thomas DAVIS for
"The Nation" and in general this has been followed, although many additions and changes 
have been made, by which it has been endeavored to make it more complete and instructive.
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									   B.C. 
	Pathholani landed in Ireland	.............................	   2048
	Descent of the Damonii	.....................................	   1463
	Settlement of Ireland by the Sons of Milesius ............... 	   1400
	Establishment of the Feis Tara or Triennial 
	Parliament of Tara by Ollamh Fodhla, or Ollav Folla .........	   1000

Thirty-two kings are said to have reigned between Ollamh Fodhla and Kimbaoth, whose sway
terminated about	.............................................       300
(The Palace of Emania was built during Kimbaoth's reign)
	Conquovar, King of Ulster, reforms the Bardic or
	Literary Order		...................................... 	    40		
(The reign of this monarch, variously known as Conquovar, Conchobhar or Conor Mac Nessa
embraces the great Conorian cycle of Irish legendary history.  The heroic characters,
Cuchullin, Fergus, Queen Maev, Diedre, etc. were of this period)
	Revolt Against the Milesians by the Firbolgs and
	Tuatha-da-Danaans	......................................      90
	Recall of the Milesian Princes from Albion by Moran .....          125
	Re-establisment of the Milesian sway	.......................    130
	Irish settlements founded in Scotland by Carbri Riada	.......    150
King Feidlim, the Legislator, establishes the "Laws of Eric"...........	   164
	Christianity first known in Ireland	.......................    200
Establishment of the Irish Legal Code and Chronicles at 
Tara by Ard-re-Cormac I	.......................................	       250-266
The period just following marks the Zenith of the Fenian organization (the Fianna Eirion)
under Finn Mac Cumhal, Ossian, Oscar, etc., which wasa finally destroyed at Gaura by the
army under Carbri the Second	........................................   280
	The Palace of Emania destroyed during a civil war ..............   333
	Birth of St. Patrick	........................................   387
	Invasion of Britain by Nial of the Nine Hostages ...............   396
	Landing of St. Patrick in Ireland ..............................   432
	Dathi, the last of Ireland's Pagan monarchs,
[p239]	killed at the foot of the Alps while on a military expedition ..   436
	Establishment of Christianity	................................   448
	Death  of St. Patrick		......................... Mar. 17  493
	According to some Historians the year is given as ..............   465
	Last Triennial council held at Tarra	..................  554 or 556
	Great convention of Drumceat	................................   573
Raiding of the Irish coast by King Ecgfrith of Northumbria .............   684
	Invasion by the Danes and Normans ...........................  775-795
	Founding of Dublin	........................................   800
	Establishments of other settlements by the Danes ............  800-840
Victory of Brian Boru over the Danes at Clontarf, Good Friday, April 23rd 1014
	Synod of Kells: supremacy of the Church of 
	Rome acknowledged	........................................  1152
	Sovereignty of Ireland granted by Henry II by Papal Bull 
	of Adrian IV	........................................  1154 or 1159
Dermond M'MURROUGH, King of Leinster driven from his throne ............. 1166
	Strongbow lands at Waterford  .............................. May  1169
	Death of DERMOND  ..............................................  1171
	landing of Henry II near Waterford; submission 
	of the princes accepted	..................................Oct. 18 1171
First Parliament or Council held by Henry II at Lismore	................. 1172
	Prince John sent at Lord Lieutenant of Ireland	................. 1185
English settlers adopt Irish names, manners and clothing  ............... 1200
	Ireland temporarily subdued by King John ........................ 1210
	Magna Charta granted to Ireland by Henry III .................... 1216
Sovereignty of Ireland granted under certain conditions to Prince 
Edward by Henry III ..................................................... 1254
	Irish petition Edward I for an extension of
	English laws and usages to them	 ................................ 1277
Kilkenny Parliament held by Sir John WOGAN Lord Justice	................. 1295
	Second Parliament at Kilkenny; the enactments
	of this session, under Sir John WOGAN, are known
	as BOLTON'S IRISH STATUTES ...................................... 1309
	Edward BRUCE invades Ireland landing at Antrim,  ........May 25	  1315
	Crowned King of Ireland near Dundalk ............................ 1316
Defeat and death of BRUCE at Foughart (Faghard) near Dundalk ... Oct. 14  1318
	Irish Parliament meets at Kilkenny to protest against decree 
	of Edward III to allow none to hold official position in 
	Ireland unless absolutely free from family or financial 
	interest in that country:	........................... Nov.  1342
	Lionel, Duke of Clarence, third son of 
	Edward III sent as Lord Lieutenant .............................  1360
Lionel marries Elizabeth de Burgh, daughter of the King of Ulster ......  1361
	Kilkenny Parliament assembled by Lionel and celebrated 
	anti-Irish statute passed prohibiting adoption of Irish 
	costume or customs and intermarriage with the Irish to the 
	Anglo-Irish of the Pale.  ....................................... 1367
	Uprising against English restrictions culminating 
	in the battle of Limerick	................................. 1369
	First act against absentees passed	......................... 1379
Richard III lands at Waterford with many nobles. four thousand 
men-at-arms and thirty thousand archers; knighthood conferred 
on many chiefs.	......................................................... 1394
	Second landing of Richard in Ireland	......................... 1399
	Colleges at Youghla and Drogheda founded by the
	Earl of Desmond, Lord Deputy	................................. 1463
Sanguinary head act passed at Trim by the Earl of Desmond ............... 1465
	Irish ordered to dress like the English and adopt
	surnames (Apparel and surname act.) ............................. 1465
	Institution of the Brotherhood of St. George for 
	the protection of the Pale.	................................. 1472
Lambert SIMNEL and Perkin WARBECK supported by the Irish ................ 1487
	Sir Edward POYNING made Lord Deputy by Henry VII ................ 1493
	"POYNING'S LAW" passed, subjecting the Irish 
	Parliament's acts to the supervision of Council	................. 1494
	Great Rebellion of the Geraldines ............................... 1534
	First step of the Reformation in Ireland ........................ 1534
	Henry VIII's supremacy enacted by statute ....................... 1536
	Suppression of religious houses ordered by law .................. 1537
Henry VIII asumes title of King instead of Lord of Ireland. ............. 1542
	Revolt of John O'NEILL the Proud ................................ 1567
	Ireland finally divided into shires ............................. 1569
Printing in Irish characters introduced by N. WALSH, 
Chancellor of St. Patrick's ............................................. 1571
	Massacre of Mulaghmast	......................................... 1577
	Organization of the Geraldine League and last 
	Earl of Desmond proclaimed a traitor ............................ 1579
Seven hundred Italians, headed by FITZMAURICE, land in 
Kerry and are treacherously butchered by the Earl of Ormond ............. 1580
	Earl of Desmond assassinated		................	  1583
Attainder of Desmond's followers: forfeiture of his estates - 
574,682 Irish acres - and institution of the plantation system 
by Elizabeth	......................................................... 1586
	Escape of Aodh O'DONNELL (Hugh ROE) from 
	Dublin Castle		..................................Dec. 25 1592
	University of Dublin founded	................................. 1592
	Revolt of Hugh O'NEILL	,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 1595
	Defeat of the English at Blackwatwer .....................Aug 14  1598	
	Spaniards settle at Kinsale ..................................... 1601
Defeat of O'DONNELL and O'NEILL at Kinsale by Lord Deputy Mountjoy ...... 1602
	Lord Deputy Mountjoy poisoned at Simancas, Spain by 
	contrivance of CAREW, President of Munster ...................... 1602
	Submission of O'NEILL (Tyrone) to Mountjoy ...............Mar 30  1603
Flight of Tyrone and Tyrconnell and seizure of six entire counties 
(Cavan, Fermanagh, Armagh, Derry, Tyrone and Tyrconnell, now Donegal) 
amounting to 511,456 Irish acres. .......................................  1607
	St. Cathair O'DOUGHERTY'S rising ..........................May 1   1608
Creation of 14 peers and 40 new boroughs and assembling of a Parliament 
to support the new plantation of Ulster by attainder and 
outlawry of the inhabitants .......................................May 18  1613
Lands of Ulster divided among Scottish and English settlers by James I ... 1613
	Commission for inquiry into defective titles	.................. 1616
Lord WENTWORTH'S oppressive proceedings to find title in 
the crown to the province of Connaught	 ................................. 1635
	Ulster Civil War; MORE and MAQUIRE'S rebellion;
	Catholics said to be conspiring to expel the English
	and massacre the Protestant settlers in Ulster;
	commenced on St. Ignatius' Day; (some doubt 
	the massacre)		....................................Oct 23 1641
The confederated Catholics form a general assembly and supreme council 
at Kilkenny "Pro Deo, pro rege, et patria Hibernia, unanimes - " 
their motto.	.......................................................... 1642
	Owen Roe O'NEILL defeats the English under 
	MONROE at Benburb, near Armagh	............................June 5 1646
	Revolt ended by treaty	....................................Jan 17 1649
	CROMWELL arrives in Dublin .................................Aug 15 1649
	Siege, storming and massacre of Drogheda ..............Sept. 2-15  1649
	Siege and massacre of Wexford	...........................Oct. 1  1649
Death of Owen Roe O'NEILL  at Cloch-Nachdar, Castle, County Cavan ..Nov 6  1649
	Cromwell returns to England ............................... May 29 1650
Irish war proclaimed ended by act of Parliament	 ............      Sept 26 1653
	Act of Grace, ordering Irish Catholics to retire to Connaught 
on pain of death - "To hell or Connaught -" before March 1 .............   1654
	Acts of settlement and explanation	................,,  May 8  1661
7,800.000 acres confiscated and distributed .............................. 1666
	James II lands at Kinsale ................................ Mar 12  1689
	Irish Parliament summoned .................................May 7   1689
	Three thousand Protestants attained ...................... July	   1689
	William III lands at Carrickfergus ...................... June 14  1690
	Battle of the Boyne, James defeated ......................July  1  1690
	Siege of Limerick under William III raised by SARSFIELD .. Aug 30  1690
Athlone taken after a gallant defence	..........................June 30  1691
	Battle of Aughrim	..................................July 12  1691
	Capitulation and treaty of Limerick ......................Oct  3   1691
	Treaty confirmed by William III	......................... April 5  1692
	Violation of the treaty of Limerick - 
	7 William III c. 67 - Catholic education 
	at home and abroad prohibited	.......................... Aug.	   1695
Banishment of Catholics archbishops, bishops, vicar-general and 
all regular clergy on pain of death - 9 William III, c. 1 ...............  1697
	MOLYNEUX published his famous "Case of Ireland being bound 
	by acts of Parliament passed in England" ........................  1698
	Petition of the Irish House of Commons for legislative 
	independence or union	.........................................  1703
"Act to Prevent the further growth of Popery" passed	Mar 4	1704
	English Parliament passes act to secure the
	dependency of Ireland, 6 Geo. I	.................................  1720
WOOD'S half-pence patent granted and unanimous opposition by all Irish 
sects and parties; the first time all the elements of Irish patriotism 
worked in harmony  ......................................................  1724 
Roman Catholics disfranchised 1 Geo. II,c.9 s.8	.........................  1728
	Irish gentry transfer the burden of the tithe of
	agistment to the farmers and peasantry	.........................  1737
	Dr. LUCAS becomes prominent in Dublin	.........................  1743
	Battle of Fontenoy	....................................Apr 30 1745
	Dr. Lucas driven from Ireland	.................................  1749
House of Commons successfully asserts its control over surplus revenue, 
in oppostion to Government ........................................ Dec 17 1753
	First public effort by O'CONNOR and CURRY to instill a spirit 
of freedom into the Irish people regardless of religion	.................. 1756
	THUROT'S invasion; small French naval force plunders
	Carrickfergus	.............................................Feb   1760
	WYSE and CURRY organize the Catholic Committee .......Mar. & Apr   1760
Dr. LUCAS sent to the first parliament of George III.
as representative of the city of Dublin	.................................. 1761	
	Oak Boy movement ................................................1761-2	
Establishment of the "Freeman's Journal" by Dr. Lucas -
the first independent Irish newspaper	.................................  1763	
	Duration of Parliament limited to eight years	.................  1768
	Hearts of Steel organized .......................................  1771
First relaxation of the penal code.  Catholics allowed
long tenures of land, etc. ..............................................  1778
	Formation of "The Volunteers" ...................................  1778
	Ireland admitted to free trade	.................................  1779
	Peep-o'- day Boys activities ....................................  1780

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Transcriber's Note: Preceding excerpt covers Ireland from the years 40 BC to 1780 A D - 
contained in pages 236 through 245 of the following source: (to be continued) 
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Source: Madden, Richard Robert, "The United Irishmen Their Lives And Times". 1916. 
New York: The Catholic Publication Society of America