Template:Timeline of Irish states

–1607

1642–1653

1798

1916–1921

1922–1937

1937–

Gaelic Ireland

Confederate Ireland

Irish Republic (1798)2

Irish Republic

Irish Free State

Ireland

Lordship of Ireland1

Kingdom of Ireland

Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland

Kingdom of Ireland

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

Southern Ireland3

1922

Munster Republic2

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland

1969–1972

Direct rule

Free Derry4

1171–1541

1541–1649

1649–1660

1660–1801

1801–1921

1921–1973

1973–1998

1998–

Notes: 1 Papal overlordship granted as feudal possession to English crown 2 Extra-judicial area during time of war 3 Parliament never met; although its members met as an extra-parliamentary body to ratify Anglo-Irish Treaty 4 Extra-judicial area during time of civil unrest   End of Gaelic period   Start of British constitutional period   Start of Irish constitutional period

About this template

This template shows a timeline of states existing on the island of Ireland since 1171. It includes the Gaelic order for consistency given the overlap of this polity with the Lordship of Ireland and the first 50 years of the Kingdom of Ireland.

Some controversial entities are also included, such as Southern Ireland, the Irish Republic of 1798 and Free Derry. These entities at least nominally had the authority to govern, or represent autonomous areas of historical merit. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is included as it has authority to exercise government over a part of the island of Ireland. The European Union is not included since it is a supranational entity.