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| 1657, June 26 |
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| Act for the Attainder of the Rebels in Ireland declared resettlement over, although it had been inefficient and incomplete. | 1 |
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| 1660, May 14 |
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| Charles II proclaimed in Dublin. | 2 |
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| 1660 |
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| Navigation Act established England and Ireland as an economic unit and allowed Ireland to ship directly to the colonies. | 3 |
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| 1662 |
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| Act of Settlement declared that the crown received all lands confiscated under Cromwell. However, innocents were excluded from such confiscation and could return to their lands immediately. | 4 |
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| 1663, July 27 |
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| Act confined direct exports from Ireland to the colonies to provisions, horses, and servants. | 5 |
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| 1665, Dec. 23 |
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| Act of Explanation clarified the Act of Settlement of 1661. These two acts placed two-thirds of the land in Ireland in Protestant hands. | 6 |
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| 1666, June 18 |
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| An act strengthened the Act of Uniformity by requiring use of the Book of Common Prayer and Episcopal orders in the Church of Ireland. | 7 |
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| 1670 |
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| General Synod of Irish Bishops in Dublin discussed organizational problems of the Church following Cromwell. This discussion led to decreased centralization. | 8 |
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| 1671 |
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| Importation of certain goods prohibited. This act lapsed 1681 but was reimposed in 1685. Smuggling constant under these regulations. | 9 |
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| 1678 |
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| In the wake of the Popish plot, the Papists' Disabling Act passed. This act excluded Roman Catholics from Parliament and became a rallying point for Irish reformers in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. | 10 |
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| 1689, Feb. 22 |
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| William III called on Ireland to surrender. He offered them security of property and religious toleration but Ireland continued to support James II. | 11 |
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| March 12 |
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| James landed in Ireland. | 12 |
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