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1. Early History
• First signs of human activity around 10,000 BC
• Many surviving Megalithic tombs
• Celts start coming to Ireland in the Iron Age (from 600 BC)
• Gaelic culture is gradually created

2. Newgrange

3. Christianity in Ireland
• In 432 AD St. Patrick comes to Ireland
• Ireland gradually becomes a bastion of learning
• First English involvement in 684 AD

4. Book of Kells

5. Viking age
• Vikings begin raiding Ireland in late 8th century
• Found several settlements, such as Dublin
• Never fully conquered Ireland
• With the beginning of the 11th century Viking power declines

6. Brian Boru

7. Norman rule
• Henry II invaded Ireland in 1171
• Made his son John the Lord of Ireland
• Normans never ruled the entire land

8. Kingdom of Ireland
• Henry VIII decided to fully conquer Ireland
• This took nearly a century
• And didn‘t convert the populace to Protestantism
• Protestant settlers sent over to rule the catholics
• Didn‘t go over well

9. Irish independence
• Great Famine in 1845 – 1849
• Home rule granted in 1912
• Easter Rising in 1916
• Irish Free State (1922 – 1937)
• Formally declared a republic in 1949, left the Commonwealth

10. Geography

11. Climate
• Mild with a lot of rain
• On average coler summers and warmer winters than the Czech
Republic
• Extreme weather is rare

12. Carrauntoohil

13. Record breakers
• River Shannon – longest river in
the British Isles (360 km)
• Lough Neagh – largest lake of
the British Isles

14. Political geography

15. Political geograpy
• Four provinces
• Each province divided into counties
• 32 total counties, 6 of them are Northern Ireland

16. Blarney Castle

17. Guinness Storehouse