Ireland is an island country located in the North Atlantic, bounded by the North Channel, the Irish Sea, and St. George's Channel. It is known as Eire in the Gaelic language, which comes from the old Irish Eriu, the name of a daughter of the mother goddess Ernmas of the Tuatha De Danaan, the mystical pre-Celtic race of Ireland.
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c. 7000 BCE - 6500 BCEFirst human beings appear in Ireland.
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c. 4200 BCE - c. 2200 BCEConstruction of the Great Megaliths of Ireland.
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c. 4000 BCETransition in Ireland from hunter-gatherer to agrarian society.
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c. 3200 BCEThe megalithic monument Newgrange is built in County Meath, Ireland.
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c. 2700 BCEThe Giant's Ring Henge constructed in Ireland.
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c. 2500 BCEKnowledge of metal working evident in Ireland.
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c. 2500 BCEImmigration of the Beaker People to Ireland.
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c. 2200 BCEThe wheel in use in Ireland.
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c. 500 BCE - c. 300 BCEThe arrival of the Celts in Ireland.
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c. 227 CE - c. 266 CELife of Cormac MacArt, High King of Ireland, known as The Lawgiver in creating the Brehon Codes.
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c. 350 CE - c. 950 CEEstimated use of the Ogham in Ireland and southwestern England.
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c. 400 CE - c. 450 CEChristian Missionaries arrive in Ireland, literacy spreads.
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c. 432 CESt. Patrick comes to Ireland, lights fire announcing Christianity on Hill of Slane.
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795 CEFirst recorded Viking invasion of Ireland.
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795 CE - 1014 CEThe Viking Age in Ireland.
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1014 CEThe Battle of Clontarf between Brian Boru, High King of Ireland, and the Vikings with Irish allies.
