Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
1949
Ireland leaves the British Commonwealth, and the South cut its links to the North.
1960s
A construction boom sees the growth of new suburbs north and south of the city in an effort to re-
house Dubliners removed from dangerous city-centre tenements.
1969
Marches in Derry are disrupted by Loyalist attacks and heavy-handed police action, culminating in
the 'Battle of the Bogside' (12-14 August). It marks the beginning of the 'Troubles'.
1972
Angry demonstrators burn the British Embassy in Dublin in response to the killing of 13 civilians in
Derry by British paratroopers.
1974
Simultaneous bombings in Monaghan and Dublin on 17 May leave 33 dead and 300 injured, the
biggest loss of life in any single day during the Troubles.
1988
Dublin celebrates its millennium, even though the town was established long before 988.
1990s
Low corporate tax, decades of investment in higher education, transfer payments from the EU and a
low-cost labour market lead to the 'Celtic Tiger' boom.
1993
Twenty thousand demonstrators call for an end to IRA violence as a result of the bomb that killed
two children in Warrington, England.
2007
The IRA ends its campaign of violence on July 28, ordering its units to assist 'the development of
purely political and democratic programs through exclusively peaceful means'.
