How Did Ireland Actually Form?

One island. Five thousand years. Two states. ▶ Series, How Countries Came to Be:    • How Countries Came to Be!   How did Ireland go from building Newgrange, a tomb older than the pyramids, through a thousand years of invasion, to an island split in two? This is the whole story: the Gaelic kingdoms and the High Kings at Tara, why Rome never came, Saint Patrick and the golden age of saints and scholars, the Vikings who founded Dublin, Brian Boru at Clontarf, the Norman invasion, the Reformation and the Plantation of Ulster, Cromwell and the Battle of the Boyne, the Great Famine, the 1916 Rising, independence and partition, the Troubles, and the Good Friday Agreement. Chapters: 0:00 One island, five thousand years 0:37 Newgrange, older than the pyramids 1:25 The Gaelic kingdoms and Tara 2:05 Why Rome never came 2:31 Saints and scholars 3:52 The Vikings who built the cities 5:10 Brian Boru and Clontarf 5:53 The Normans arrive 8:09 The Reformation and the fault line 9:21 The Plantation of Ulster 10:04 Cromwell and the Boyne 11:12 The Act of Union 11:58 The Great Famine 13:24 The fight for a republic 14:10 Independence and partition 15:07 The Troubles 16:00 The Good Friday Agreement 16:49 Will we ever see a united Ireland? New map story every week. Subscribe so you do not miss the next one. Which country should we cover next? Tell me in the comments, your pick might be the next video. Imagery: NASA Earth Observatory (Blue Marble / GIBS, public domain) and Natural Earth (public domain). Maps are programmatic; characters are AI-generated. #geography #history #ireland #irishhistory #map