18th Century
- 1760 - Battle of Carrickfergus - Carrickfergus seized by the French for five days.
- 1795 - Battle of the Diamond - a sectarian faction fight in County Armagh, that led to the founding of the Orange Order
Read more about this topic: List Of Irish Battles
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“In the nineteenth century ... explanations of who and what women were focused primarily on reproductive events—marriage, children, the empty nest, menopause. You could explain what was happening in a woman’s life, it was believed, if you knew where she was in this reproductive cycle.”
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