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
Famous quotes containing the word century:
“Last night I watched my brothers play,
The gentle and the reckless one,
In a field two yards away.
For half a century they were gone
Beyond the other side of care
To be among the peaceful dead.”
—Edwin Muir (1887–1959)