20 events with tag "Ireland"
405
ID: 5616
Patrick captured by Irish raiders at age 16 from Roman Britain (possibly Bannavem Taburniae) and enslaved in Ireland as a shepherd
ID: 5616
411
ID: 5617
Patrick escapes from slavery in Ireland after six years, travels 200 miles to the coast and returns to Britain
ID: 5617
432
ID: 3792
St. Patrick brings monasticism to Ireland - establishes Celtic monastic tradition combining scholarship and mission
ID: 3792
444
ID: 5618
St. Patrick lights the Paschal fire on the Hill of Slane in defiance of the High King's decree, confronts druids at Tara
ID: 5618
445
ID: 5619
St. Patrick establishes his principal church at Armagh, which becomes the primatial see of Ireland
ID: 5619
457
ID: 5620
St. Patrick retires to Saul in County Down, where he had made his first convert and established his first church in Ireland
ID: 5620
461
ID: 5621
March 17, 461
Death of St. Patrick at Saul; buried at Downpatrick - becomes patron saint of Ireland
ID: 5621
480
ID: 3797
St. Brigid founds Kildare - double monastery for men and women, major center of Celtic Christianity
ID: 3797
545
ID: 3798
St. Columba founds Derry monastery - first of many foundations before mission to Scotland
ID: 3798
841
ID: 3700
Vikings establish Dublin as permanent base - Turgeis founds fortress, becomes center of Viking slave trade
ID: 3700
980
ID: 3712
Battle of Tara - Irish High King Mael Sechnaill defeats Dublin Vikings, breaks Norse power in Ireland
ID: 3712
1014
ID: 3719
April 23, 1014
Battle of Clontarf - Brian Boru defeats Viking-Leinster alliance, ends Viking power in Ireland but dies in victory
ID: 3719
1169
ID: 196
Normans invade Ireland - begin 800 years of English involvement
ID: 196
1169
ID: 2376
Strongbow invades Ireland - beginning of English involvement in Ireland that will last 800 years
ID: 2376
1399
ID: 2460
July 4, 1399
Henry Bolingbroke invades England - lands at Ravenspur while Richard in Ireland, support floods to him
ID: 2460
1589
ID: 5672
Sir Walter Raleigh allegedly introduces potatoes to Ireland - plants them at his estate in Cork (story possibly apocryphal)
ID: 5672
1698
ID: 4192
Dragon emerges from Lough Foyle - soldiers fire muskets at dragon coming ashore, creature returns to water (Irish military records)
ID: 4192
1800
ID: 5679
Potatoes become Ireland's primary crop - population depends almost entirely on potato, setting stage for disaster
ID: 5679
1845
ID: 5680
September 1845
Irish Potato Famine begins - Phytophthora infestans destroys crops, one million die, two million emigrate
ID: 5680
1879
ID: 1023
August 21, 1879
Our Lady of Knock - silent apparition with St. Joseph, St. John, Lamb on altar, 15 witnesses
ID: 1023