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A Bare Bones History of Ireland Chap 1
Chapter 1 – Ireland from Pre-History
to the battle of Clontarf
Timeline Summary for this Chapter
If we can assume that there were no inhabitants on the Island of Ireland during the Ice
Age this gives us the ultimate starting point for tracing the origin of the people of Ireland
– from circa 7000 BC.
BC
-40 Million
The Origins of Man
30,000 to 10,000 Cave Art and Pottery
Early Evidence of Rational Mankind
The Ice Age in Ireland
Prehistoric Animals 7,500 The Giant Irish Elk
The Stone Age 4,000 to 2,500 New Grange
The Bronze Age
The Iron Age The Celts
The Arrival of Humans in Ireland 8000 BC – 7000 BC Mount Sandel, Derry
AD
Christianity and St. Patrick From 432
Irish Monasticism From 600 The Land of Saints and
Scholars, Book of Kells
The Vikings in Ireland From 800
Brian Boru 914 – 1014
The Battle of Clontarf 1014 Defeat of the Vikings
Ireland after the Battle of Clontarf 1014 - 1171 150 years of Peace and
Development
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