The history of Ireland depends on where you look. The "English" where initially invited in to Ireland by competing and warring "kings". Or more specifically, successful private armies composed largely of English soldiers.

And as with so many conflicts, the successful side came with expectations of the spoils of war. And The "winning" King had hopes of sequestrating the value of the losing king.

Of course cherry-picking history - and writing it - is the forté of the winners. And who chooses the cherry-picking currently?

I well remember an Irish colleague referring to Irishmen being transported to Oz for stealing a sheep. Using the word English for the perpetrators. She was a bit confused when I pointed-out that in England people were also hung or transported for stealing, and her magistrates were certainly Irish. She didn't understand my reference to the similarity between the Oz Strine and the accents of Lundun (innit?) and South East England generally. No hint of Oirish in Ozspeak, so there isn't! Too right cobber.

FWIW school students get +10% for answering exams in Gaelic (she said) even maths! Bias? Hard to deny, but does it represent mathematical prowess? AND life ain't binary, even in maths.