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- 1600
- Henry Dowcra landed in Lough Foyle and fortified Derry.
- Lord Mountjoy fought O’Neill at the Moyry Pass, entered Ulster and built a fort at
Mount Norris, Co. Armagh.
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- 1602
- Lord Mountjoy invaded Tyrone and destroyed the stone inauguration seat of the O’Neills
at Tullahogue.
- Rory O’Donnell, brother and successor of Red Hugh, surrendered to Mountjoy.
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- 1603
- The Ulster Rebellion, sometimes called the Nine Years War, ended.
- Hugh O’Neill and Rory O’Donnell were pardoned and allowed to retain their titles and
estates.
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- 1604
- A Friday market opened in Belfast.
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- 1605
- Hugh Montgomery and James Hamilton were granted confiscated lands in Ulster.
- Attendance at Protestant services was made compulsory.
- Jesuit and other Roman Catholic priests were proscribed.
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- 1607
- Hugh O’Neill, Rory O’Donnell and other Ulster lords fled Ireland for Spain – the
Flight of the Earls.
- Large areas of the six Ulster counties were confiscated.
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- 1608
- A Government survey of confiscated Ulster lands was initiated.
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- 1609
- Some 500,000 acres in Ulster were made available for settlement.
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- 1610
- The City of London undertook to plant colonies in the area around Derry.
- Hugh Montgomery and James Hamilton planted Ards and Clandeboye.
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- 1612
- The first borough of the Ulster Plantation was founded at Dungannon.
- Cornelius O’Devany, Bishop of Down, was executed for treason.
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- 1613
- Londonderry and Belfast were chartered.
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- 1614
- Building work started on the Crawfordsburn Inn, Co. Down, reputedly the oldest hotel in
Ireland.
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- 1615
- The tomb of Sir Francis Chichester and his wife was erected in St Nicolas’s Church,
Carrickfergus.
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- 1616
- Hugh O’Neill, Earl of Tyrone, died in Rome.
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- 1618
- The walls of Derry were completed.
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- 1628
- Ulster planters were permitted to place Irish tenants on part of their lands.
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- 1632
- The pilgrimage site of St Patrick’s Purgatory on Lough Derg was destroyed by the local
Protestant bishop.
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- 1636
- Edward Bryce, a leading Ulster Protestant, was sentenced to perpetual silence after a
dispute with Church of Ireland bishops.
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- 1641
- Rebellion broke out amongst the native Irish in Ulster. Protestants were massacred in
Portadown, Blackwatertown and other Plantation settlements.
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- 1642
- Owen Roe O’Neill arrived in Ireland and was appointed leader of the Irish army in
Ulster.
- An army of Scottish Protestants under Robert Munro landed at Carrickfergus.
- The first Irish Presbytery was opened in Carrickfergus by Scottish soldiers. It
comprised 4 elders and 5 ministers.
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- 1643
- Owen Roe O’Neill defeated the Scottish army at Charlemont, Co. Armagh, but afterwards
he was forced to retreat into Connaught.
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- 1644
- The Solemn League and Covenant was taken by Munro’s army. The Covenant became general
amongst Ulster Protestants.
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- 1646
- Munro was defeated by Owen Roe O’Neill at the Battle of Benburb.
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- 1649
- Owen Roe O’Neill, the leader of the Ulster Catholic forces died.
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- 1654
- The Down Survey listed and allocated forfeited lands.
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- 1661
- The Church of Ireland was re-established.
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- 1662
- The Settlement Act provided for restitution of unfairly confiscated properties,
including those of some Catholics.
- Foreign Protestants were encouraged to settle in Ireland.
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- 1666
- The Act of Uniformity restricted religious, teaching and official positions to members
of the Church of Ireland.
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- 1672
- Regium Donum grants to Presbyterian ministers were initiated.
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- 1679
- Oliver Plunkett, Archbishop of Armagh, was arrested on suspicion of involvement in a
‘Popish Plot’.
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- 1681
- Oliver Plunkett was convicted of treason on false evidence and executed.
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- 1682
- The ‘Long Bridge’ linking Belfast to the Down side of the River Lagan was built at a
cost of £12,000.
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- 1688
- Apprentice Boys closed the gates of Derry against Royal troops.
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- 1689
- William of Orange and his wife Mary ascended to the English throne and James II arrived
in Ireland seeking help to reclaim his throne.
- James II’s army failed to capture Londonderry after a siege of 15 weeks.
- Marshall Schomberg landed near Carrickfergus with a large Williamite army.
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- 1690
- French troops arrived to support James II and William of Orange landed at Carrickfergus.
- The army of James II was defeated at the Battle of the Boyne.
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- 1692
- Over 1,000,000 acres of land belonging to Irish supporters of James II were confiscated.
- The Irish Parliament, now completely Protestant, met for a short session.
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- 1695
- Penal Laws were passed forbidding Catholics their rights to bear arms and
to educate their children or open schools.
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