1848 Young Ireland rebellion 1867 Fenian Rising 1879 Land War begins 1886 First Home Rule Bill 1893 Gaelic League founded 1900 Inghínidhe na hÉireann founded 1911 Ulster Women's Unionist Council founded 1905 Sinn Féin founded 1914 Cumann na mBan founded 1916 Easter Rising 1918 Women over 30 may vote under certain conditions 1919 Dáil Éireann and beginning of Anglo-Irish War 1920 Government of Ireland Act set up a six-county parliament and administration in Northern Ireland 1921 Anglo-Irish Treaty signed 1922 Irish Free State comes into existence 1922-3 Civil War 1923 Women between 18 and 30 vote for the first time in Ireland on the same basis as men 1969 'Troubles' in Northern Ireland begin. |