1600-1699
| 1601 | Defeat of O’Neill, O’Donnell and Spaniards by Mountjoy at Battle of Kinsale. |
| 1603 | Accession of James 1. Surrender of Hugh O’Neill. Enforecement of English Law in Ireland. |
| 1606 | Settlement of Scots in Ards Peninsula. Land in six counties of Ulster consficated by English. |
| 1607 | Flight of O’Neill, Earl of Tyrone,and O’Donnell, Earl of Tyrconnell. ”The flight of the Earls” to Spain. |
| 1608 | Plantation of Derry and others confiscated counties planned. |
| 1632-38 | Compilation of the Annals of the Four Masters |
| 1641 | Great Catholic-Gaelic rebellion for return of lands, later joined by Old English Catholics in Ireland. Under leadership of Irish chieftain, Rory O’More, conspiracy was formed to seize Dublin and expel the English. English settlers were driven out of Ulster. Catholics hold 59% of land in Ireland. |
| 1642 | Confederation of Kilkenny met. |
| 1647 | Alliance between lords of Pale and native Irishmen came to an end |
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| 1649 | English soldier & statesman, Oliver Cromwell, landed at Dublin. His troops killed 2,000 men. A great part of lands in Munster, Leinster and Ulster (Drogheda and Wexford) was confiscated and divided among the English soldiers |
| 1650 | Catholic landowners exiled to Connaught. |
| 1656 | Over 60,000 Irish Catholics had been sent slaves to Barbados, and other islands in the Caribbean. |
| 1658 | The population of Ireland,estimated at 1,500,000, before Cromwell, was reduced by two-thirds, to 500,000, at Cromwell’s death in 1658. |
| 1660 | Accession of Charles II. |
| 1661-68 | The Duke of Ormond ruled Ireland as Viceroy. |
| 1672 | Over 6,000 Irish boys and women sold as slaves since England gained control of Jamaica. |
| 1685 | Accession of James II. |
| 1688 | English Revolution James II deposed in England. Gates of Derry shut in face of James’ troops. Catholics now hold 22% of land in Ireland. |
| 1689 | Siege and relief of Derry. James II’s Parliment restored all lands confiscated since 1641 |
| 1690 | William of Orange (William III) lands at Carrickfergus and defeats James II at Battle of the Boyne. 11,000 “WILD GEESE soldiers sail for France. |
| 1691 | Catholic defeat at Aughrim and surrender at Limerick. |
| 1692- 1829 | Exclusion of Catholics from Parliament and all professions. |
| 1695 | Anti-Catholic Penal Laws Introduced Catholics hold 14% of land in Ireland. |
| 1698 | William Molyneaux pamphlet against England making laws for Ireland. |
