Hate Thy Neighbor: Northern Ireland and the Troubles
Conflicted: A History Podcast
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The Planation of Northern Ireland
The vikings mated, married and mingled with the original gaelic inhabitants of ireland. The normans conquered the british isles in the eleventh century,. And shortly after, seized control of irelands. If england wanted to have full, uncontested control of ireland, they needed to slowly, artificially transform the islands demographic make up into something that would be more pliant and sympathetic to british interests.
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