Thompson - 10 May 16 - 05:00 AM

Very lazy and one-sided synopsis

No mention of overtures made by self-serving Irish Nobles hoping to claw their way to the top of the pile by selling "their" country out to either the Spanish or the French - The Catholic Church didn't mind, as long as the Protestant English were kicked out.

The other thing you omitted - when the Normans came to Ireland the High King of Ireland swore an oath of fealty to King Henry II - that still held good at the time of Henry VIII.

Besides none of that matters Thompson I answered Joe Offers original question - what were the British doing in Ireland. All the rest - water under the bridge - now irrelevant except to those looking to stir up trouble.