1892        Douglas Hyde's "On the Necessity of De-Anglicizing the Irish People"
1893        foundation of the Gaelic League
1894        foundation of James Connolly's Irish Socialist Republican Party
1899        first production of the Irish Literary Theatre
1900        reunion of Irish Parliamentary Party under Redmond
                foundation of Cumman na nGaedheal under Arthur Griffith
1903        Wyndham Land Act
1904        Abbey Theatre opens
1907        Cumman na nGaedheal and Dungannon Clubs become Sinn Fein League
1908        Patrick Pearse opens St. Edna's School
                foundation of Irish Transport Workers' Union (later Irish Transport and General Workers Union)
1910        Edward Carson becomes leader of Irish Unionists
1912        British Unionist leaders pledge unconditional support for Ulster resistance to Home Rule
               Apr - Third Home Rule Bill introduced in Commons
               28 Sep - Solemn League and Covenant signed in Ulster
1913        Jan - foundation of Ulster Volunteer Force
               Aug - Irish Transport and General Workers' Union strike in Dublin; escalates into a general lock-out
               19 Nov - formation of Citizen Army
               25 Nov - formation of Irish National Volunteers
1914        20 Mar - Curragh 'incident'
               Apr - Larne gunrunning by Ulster Unionists
               25 May - Third Home Rule Bill passes Commons; subsequent amendments exclude parts of Ulster but
               ultimately do not pass
               July - gunrunning by Volunteers
               Aug - UK and Germany go to war; Redmond pledges Irish support for British war effort and Volunteers
                for the defense of Ireland
               Sep - Home Rule Bill suspended
               Sep - beginning of Volunteer split
1915        Dec - Military Council of IRB formed
1916        Jan - Supreme Council of IRB decide on early insurrection
               20 Apr - capture of the Aud
               21 Apr - Roger Casement arrives from Germany; arrested, sentences, and hanged (3 Aug)
               22 Apr - countermanding order issued by MacNeill
               24 Apr - Easter Rising: Irish Volunteers and Citizen Army seize central Dublin buildings
               29 Apr - rebels surrender
               3-12 May - execution of rebel leaders
1917        Sinn Fein victories in local elections
               De Valera elected President of Sinn Fein convention; Sinn Fein supports the goal of an independent republic
1918        Military Service Act threatens conscription for Ireland
               Sinn Fein wins a landslide victory in the General Election
1919        meeting of first Dail; de Valera elected President
               outbreak of Anglo-Irish War
1920        Government of Ireland Act leads to setting up of Northern Ireland
1921        Jul - truce followed by negotiations
               Dec - Anglo-Irish Treaty signed in London
1922        Jun - pro-Treaty Sinn Fein wins a large majority in the General Election
               Aug - Michael Collins killed in an ambush
1923        May - civil war ends
               Aug - de Valera arrested
               Sept - Irish Free State enters League of Nations
1931        the Statute of Westminster gives legislative autonomy to the dominions
1939        Eire announces its intention to stay neutral during the war
1948        Republic of Ireland Act
1949        Eire becomes the Republic of Ireland and leaves the Commonwealth