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  2. British rule in Ireland built upon the 12th century Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland on behalf of the English king and eventually spanned several centuries that involved British control of parts, or entirety, of the island of Ireland.

  3. Since at least 1542, England and later Great Britain and Ireland have been connected politically, reaching a height in 1801 with the creation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. About five-sixths of the island of Ireland seceded from the United Kingdom in 1922 as the Irish Free State .

  4. Apr 8, 2014 · Henry VIII was the first English monarch to also be King of Ireland. The Norman invasion of Ireland in the late 12th Century marked the beginning of 700 years of shared history between...

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  5. Jan 29, 2022 · The British Empire began developing its colonialization tactics in Ireland and Canada, before exporting them throughout the world. Battle of the Boyne between James II and William III, 11 June 1690. via Wikimedia Commons. By: Livia Gershon.

  6. By the early eighteenth century, Ireland was both a sister kingdom of England populated by a Protestant elite and a colonized country populated by a predominantly land-less and powerless Catholic majority. The English incursion, settlement, and conquest in Ireland had created a hybrid polity, which bore the trappings of both a kingdom and a colony.

  7. England's attempts either to conquer or to assimilate both the Hiberno-Norman lordships and the Gaelic territories into the Kingdom of Ireland provided the impetus for ongoing warfare, notable examples being the 1st Desmond Rebellion, the 2nd Desmond Rebellion and the Nine Years War.

  8. Overview. At the start of the period, concurrent with the accession of Henry IV (r. 1399–1413), England’s first Lancastrian king, Great Britain and Ireland are rife with internal tensions, including Welsh revolt, a series of baronial rebellions led by the Percy family of Northumberland, and ongoing warfare among the Anglo-Irish nobility.

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