A brief history of Ireland

Beginnings to the end of pagan Ireland (prehistory-431)

Christianity arrives and thrives (431-795)

From Viking invasions to royal confrontations (795-1169)

From the Norman invasion to the Anglo-Irish administration (1169-1534)

The planting of Protestant power (1534-1691)

Ascendancy Ireland (1691-1800)

From the Act of Union to the great famine (1800-1849)

The drive for independence (1849-1922)

Making modern Ireland (1922-1969)

Two Irish visions in collision (1969-2000)

Ireland in the twenty-first century : the pain-filled past recedes at last?