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Ireland was part of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1922. For almost all of this period, the island was governed by the UK Parliament in London through its Dublin Castle administration in Ireland. Ireland underwent considerable difficulties in the 19th century, especially the Great Famine of the 1840s which started a population decline that ...
The 2023 Dublin riot took place on the evening of 23 November 2023 in Dublin, Ireland and involved multiple incidents of vandalism, arson, and looting in the city centre as well as assaults on Gardaí (the Irish police) and members of the public. [5] Gardaí described the riot as the most violent in modern Dublin history, far surpassing the ...
The COVID-19 pandemic in the Republic of Ireland is a part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). In Ireland , it has resulted in 1,736,808 cases and 9,754 deaths, as of 18 May 2024.
July – potato crop failure the previous year leads to widespread famine. Food riots in Limerick and Leitrim. August – first Dublin Horse Show. November – Ribbonmen attack an Orange band, puncturing some of their drums. The Orangemen retaliate by burning the Catholic village of Maghery, County Armagh, to the ground.
c. 500 BC. During the Iron Age in Ireland, Celtic influence in art, language and culture begins to take hold. [4] c. 300 BC. Murder of Clonycavan Man, according to radiocarbon dating. c. 200 BC. La Tène influence from continental Europe influences carvings on the Turoe Stone, Bullaun, County Galway. [5] c. 100 BC.
2 March. The majority of Google 's 8,000 staff and contractors in Ireland were told to work from home after a member of staff reported flu-like symptoms. [57] Tourism authorities announce that one of the largest annual events, the 2020 Dublin St Patricks Day Parade, is cancelled. [58] 3 March.
Following new figures published by the CSO, Ireland was officially in recession after the economy shrank by 6.1% between April and June as the impact of COVID-19 brought the largest quarterly drop on record. 8 September The Government announced that pubs not serving food in Ireland could reopen on 21 September with strict regulations in place.
The Department of Public Health expressed concern over increases in COVID-19 transmission linked to social gatherings involving the student population in the mid-west region. [85] 4 February. The total number of COVID-19 cases in Ireland surpassed 200,000 cases, with over half confirmed in 2021.