329 notable events in Ireland — shipwrecks, wars and murders. Page 1 of 4.
- German battleship Bismarck
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- Great Famine (Ireland)
1845–1852 · Natural disaster
- RMS Lusitania
from Aug 17, 1904 · War & armed conflict
- Irish War of Independence
Jan 21, 1919–Jul 11, 1921 · War & armed conflict
- Easter Rising
Apr 24, 1916–Apr 29, 1916 · War & armed conflict
- Air India Flight 182
Jun 23, 1985 · Bombing & explosion
- RMS Carpathia
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- Sinking of the RMS Lusitania
May 7, 1915 · Attack (other)
- Assassination of Lord Mountbatten
Aug 27, 1979 · Murder & homicide
- Thomas Andrews
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- Murder of Jean McConville
Dec 1, 1972 · Murder & homicide
- Cromwellian conquest of Ireland
Aug 1, 1649 · Genocide & ethnic violence
- Irish Rebellion of 1798
May 24, 1798–Sep 24, 1798 · War & armed conflict
- Peter Bergmann case
Jun 16, 2009 · Scandal & controversy
- Dublin and Monaghan bombings
May 17, 1974 · Bombing & explosion
- Günther Lütjens
date unknown · War & armed conflict
- Official Irish Republican Army
date unknown · Terrorism
- Disappearance of Trevor Deely
Dec 8, 2000 · Disappearance
- Murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier
Dec 23, 1996 · Murder & homicide
- Nine Years' War (Ireland)
May 1593–Mar 30, 1603 · War & armed conflict
- Bloody Sunday (1920)
Nov 21, 1920 · Massacre
- Kilmainham Gaol
date unknown · War & armed conflict
- RMS Tayleur
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- Murder of Yangjie Li
May 13, 2016 · Murder & homicide
- Murder of Ana Kriégel
May 14, 2018 · Murder & homicide
- William Desmond Taylor
date unknown · War & armed conflict
- HMS Courageous (50)
date unknown · Aviation accident
- Irish Confederate Wars
Oct 1641–Apr 1653 · War & armed conflict
- Irish Rebellion of 1641
Oct 23, 1641 · War & armed conflict
- SS Athenia (1922)
date unknown · War & armed conflict
- Werner Hartenstein
date unknown · War & armed conflict
- Disappearance of Kyran Durnin
Jun 1, 2022 · Disappearance
- Disappearance of Philip Cairns
Oct 23, 1986 · Disappearance
- Irish revolutionary period
Jan 1, 1912–Jan 1, 1923
- Joanna Hiffernan
date unknown · Scandal & controversy
- Sack of Baltimore
Jun 20, 1631 · Attack (other)
- Killing of David Byrne
Feb 5, 2016 · Shooting
- Murder of Elaine O'Hara
2012 · Murder & homicide
- Murder of Jastine Valdez
May 19, 2018 · Murder & homicide
- SS Arandora Star
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- HMS Curacoa (D41)
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- Stardust fire
Feb 14, 1981 · Fire
- Geoffrey Evans and John Shaw
date unknown · Murder & homicide
- 2023 Dublin riot
Nov 23, 2023–Nov 24, 2023 · Attack (other)
- HMS Audacious (1912)
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- Disappearance of Annie McCarrick
Mar 26, 1993 · Disappearance
- Murder of Ashling Murphy
Jan 12, 2022 · Murder & homicide
- German submarine U-571
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- Irish Famine (1740–1741)
1740–1741 · Natural disaster
- Siege of Drogheda
Sep 3, 1649–Sep 11, 1649 · War & armed conflict
- RMS Empress of Britain (1930)
date unknown · War & armed conflict
- Lansdowne Road football riot
Feb 15, 1995 · Riot & unrest
- Land War
date unknown · War & armed conflict
- Manx2 Flight 7100
Feb 10, 2011 · Aviation accident
- Irish Republic (1798)
date unknown · War & armed conflict
- Disappearance of Conor and Sheila Dwyer
May 1, 1991 · Disappearance
- Fenian Rising
Feb 14, 1867–Mar 1867 · War & armed conflict
- Dublin whiskey fire
Jun 18, 1875 · Fire
- Burning of Cork
Dec 11, 1920–Dec 12, 1920 · Attack (other)
- SS Laurentic (1908)
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- Curragh incident
Mar 19, 1914–Mar 23, 1914 · War & armed conflict
- Desmond Rebellions
Feb 23, 1573 · War & armed conflict
- HMS Mashona
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- Hawe family murders
Aug 28, 2016 · Murder & homicide
- Phoenix Park Murders
May 6, 1882 · Murder & homicide
- Kerry babies case
1984 · Scandal & controversy
- Irish defective block crisis
date unknown · Scandal & controversy
- Disappearance of Mary Boyle
Mar 18, 1977 · Disappearance
- Bombing of Dublin in World War II
date unknown · War & armed conflict
- Murder of Tina Satchwell
Mar 20, 2017 · Murder & homicide
- Storm Eunice
date unknown · Natural disaster
- Battle of Dublin
Jun 28, 1922–Jul 5, 1922 · War & armed conflict
- Aer Lingus Flight 712
Mar 24, 1968 · Aviation accident
- Murders of Aidan Moffitt and Michael Snee
Apr 11, 2022 · Murder & homicide
- Destruction of Irish country houses (1919–1923)
date unknown · War & armed conflict
- Young Ireland rebellion
Jul 29, 1848 · War & armed conflict
- Post-2008 Irish economic downturn
2008–2013 · Crisis
- MV Alta
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- Whiddy Island disaster
Jan 8, 1979 · Maritime disaster
- Murder of Andrew Burns
date unknown · Murder & homicide
- Kilmichael ambush
Nov 28, 1920 · War & armed conflict
- Irish rebellion of 1803
Jul 23, 1803 · War & armed conflict
- Doolough Tragedy
Mar 1849 · Natural disaster
- SS Norge
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- Second Desmond Rebellion
Jul 18, 1579–Nov 11, 1583 · War & armed conflict
- Home Rule crisis
Apr 11, 1912–Sep 18, 1914 · Crisis
- Death of Brian Murphy
Aug 31, 2000 · Murder & homicide
- 2006 Dublin riots
Feb 25, 2006 · Riot & unrest
- Killing of Noel Kirwan
Dec 22, 2016 · Murder & homicide
- Siege of Smerwick
Nov 7, 1580–Nov 10, 1580 · War & armed conflict
- Limerick boycott
1904–1906 · Genocide & ethnic violence
- HMHS Llandovery Castle
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- KLM Flight 607-E
Aug 14, 1958 · Aviation accident
- RTÉ secret payment scandal
2020s · Scandal & controversy
- Creeslough explosion
Oct 7, 2022 · Bombing & explosion
- German submarine U-26 (1936)
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- Murder of Irene White
Apr 6, 2005 · Murder & homicide
- Boris Yeltsin circling over Shannon diplomatic incident
Sep 30, 1994 · Aviation accident
- Murder of David Douglas
date unknown · Shooting
- Post-2008 Irish banking crisis
2008 · Crisis