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During these early raids the Vikings also travelled to the west coast of Ireland to the Skellig Islands located off the coast of County Kerry. The early raids on Ireland seem to have been aristocratic free enterprise, and named leaders appear in the Irish annals: Saxolb (Soxulfr) in 837 , Turges (Þurgestr) in 845 , Agonn (Hákon) in 847 .
Irish republican campaign against the state of Northern Ireland 1956–62 Border Campaign: Irish republican campaign against the state of Northern Ireland 1968–98 The Troubles: The Troubles was a violent conflict (1960s–1998) in Northern Ireland between nationalists and unionists, ending with the Good Friday Agreement. 1996–Present
This is a list of wars involving the Republic of Ireland and its predecessor states, since the Irish War of Independence. Since the 1930s, the state has had a policy of neutrality and has only been involved in conflicts as part of United Nations peacekeeping missions. There have been many wars on the island of Ireland throughout
Rathlin Island. In the year 795 Vikings (probably of Norwegian origin) raided islands off the coast of Ireland for the first time. [1] This was the beginning of a new phase of Irish history, which saw many native communities – particularly ecclesiastical ones – relocate themselves on the continent, or further afield in places like Iceland and the Faroe Islands, to escape the pagan marauders.
Naval-based warfare became something of a regular occurrence in early 12th century Ireland. The Annals of Inisfallen note raids of this nature occurring in 1100, 1101, 1119, and 1124. Perhaps this was what led to Tairrdelbach mac Ruaidri Ua Conchobair to build Dún Béal Gallimhe in 1124.
Early Viking raids were generally fast-paced and small in scale. These early raids interrupted the golden age of Christian Irish culture and marked the beginning of two centuries of intermittent warfare, with waves of Viking raiders plundering monasteries and towns throughout Ireland. Most of those early raiders came from western Norway.
Kingdom of Ireland (Provinces of Munster and Leinster) Second Desmond Rebellion: FitzGeralds of Desmond and allied clans 1593–1603 Kingdom of Ireland Nine Years' War: Hugh Ó Neill, Hugh Ó Donnell and allied clans 1608 Kingdom of Ireland (County Donegal) O'Doherty's rebellion: Sir Cahir O'Doherty: 1641 Kingdom of Ireland Irish Rebellion of 1641
Murad's crew, made up of European renegades [a] and Algerians, launched their covert attack on the remote village of Baltimore on 20 June 1631. [5] [2] They captured at least 107 villagers, [6] mostly English settlers along with some local Irish people (some reports put the number as high as 237). [7]