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1306
 
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Robert de Bruce, in hiding on the island of Rathlin, is supposedly given a lesson in perseverance by a spider      
1316
 
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Edward Bruce is crowned king of Ireland at Dundalk, but his uprising ends two years later when he is killed in battle with the English      
1487
 
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Lambert Simnel, supposedly a nephew of Edward IV, is crowned in Dublin - but ends up working in the royal kitchens of Henry VII        
1607
 
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The earls of Tyrone and Tyrconnel sail from Ireland with their families, in the event known as the Flight of the Earls        
1649
 
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Cromwell captures the royalist stronghold of Drogheda and massacres some 2800 people        
1650
 
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James Ussher, archbishop of Armagh, calculates that creation began on Sunday, October 23, 4004 BC      
1658
 
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Parliamentary reprisals against the rebellious Irish result in two thirds of Ireland's land being owned by the English or the Scots     
c. 1680
 
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Ireland becomes the first European region in which the potato is an important food crop      
1689
 
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James II, landing in Ireland, is acclaimed as king in Dublin by enthusiastic Irish Catholics      
1690
 
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The armies of James II and William III confront each at the river Boyne, with victory going to William