Irish History

Rebellion and Retribution – 1641 and Cromwell – Ireland

Rebellion in Ireland 1641 Rebellion in Ireland followed by Oliver Cromwell’s campaign of retribution beginning with Drogheda. Credit to[…]

Plantation of Ulster “That Wild Land”. Reasons Scottish and English settlers began to come to Ulster in large numbers in[…]

Conquest of Ireland Includes O’Neill’s campaign against Elizabethan soldiers through to the “Flight of the Earls” Credit to :[…]

Anglo-French Charts Gaelic life at the time of the Norman invasion as well as the invasion itself. By 1177, the[…]

Norman Invasion of Ireland Irish History for Schools. Charts Gaelic life at the time of the Norman invasion as well[…]

The Background to Normand Invasions Irish History for Schools. Background to Norman Invasion of England and Ireland. Credit to[…]

Carbury Castle , Co Kildare – Ireland The motte on the hill was probably built by Meiler FitzHenry. The central[…]

Donadea Forest Park Donadea Forest Park is situated in northwest Kildare and comprises of approximately 243 hectares of mixed woodland.[…]

Choctaw People The story begins in 1831, when the Choctaw people were forcibly removed from their ancestral lands in Mississippi.[…]

Gun Running Into Ireland The Ulster Volunteer Force was a Loyalist organization dedicated to keeping Ireland in the United Kingdom,[…]