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

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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.