1. The Celts arriving in Ireland
2. Emperor Constantine converts to Christianity and eventually St. Patrick arrives on Irish shores
3. The Vikings settle down in Dublin
4. King Henry VIII introduces the Protestant Reformation
5. Cromwell’s vicious Irish Campaign
6. Wolf Tone’s United Irishmen rebellion
7. The Great Potato Famine, leading to the migration of 700,000 Irishmen
8. The Emergence of Charles Stewart Parnell/ Celtic Revival
9. The Easter Rising is staged and all the leaders are …show more content…
The answer lies in their teaching. Christ suffered at the hands of persecution and abuse but never relinquished his faith. The Irish Catholic majority never relinquished their faith. Land was stolen, faith remained. Hundreds were killed, faith remained. Starvation reigned, faith remained. Had Henry never forced Protestant rule on the Irish people would present day Ireland exist? Would there be a wedge between mainland and Northern Ireland? O’ Neill’s rebellion would not have been necessary. Wolfe Tone’s rebellion may not have been necessary. The Great Potato Famine may have been stopped had the British been more eager to help. Without the destructive effects of the Great Hunger would Irish culture be spread throughout the U.S and the world as it is