ireland

OTL Ireland was still a bunch of independant clans/tribes at the time. Could they unify and if so could they resist england much longer?

What would the Troubles look like in a United Ireland? How would Dublin respond to a low-level insurgency from the Protestants in Ulster? Would there even be an insurgency, or would the loyalists move to Britain instead to stay with the crown? As for how this United Ireland might come about, I...

Richard de Clare, Earl of Pembroke was sailing to Ireland to claim the Overlordship of the Kingdom of Leinster granted to him by his Majesty, Henry II. That Henry II did not own Leinster to portion out was irrelevant to Richard's mind. He intended to seize the Norse-Gaelic port towns of Dublin...

Bit of a gruesome scenario, but I could not find a post on this forum discussing it. The Whig government continues its policy of laissez-faire and does not abandon it in 1847. The potato crops do not recover in 1852. At least 500,000 more people either die or immigrate. While obviously in this...

Hello all, So, yesterday was the Twelfth of July -- the anniversary of the Battle of the Boyne. I was wondering -- what would have happened if James II defeated William of Orange? I think it quite unlikely for James to retake England or Scotland -- he'd already been ousted by William, who had...

Greetings! First, I'm just a amateur when it comes to history, and I'm still learning about Scandinavian, british and Irish history. However, I thought this scenario could be interesting. I already posted a similar thread a year ago (no one commented), but now I decided to post a slightly...

I find the intended plan for Ontario (originally Upper Canada) fascinating: to replicate England, again, except better than last time they did it in New England. To this end, they even thought the counties should be named the same. From south to north, it even matches the east coast of England...

In 870 CE the stronghold of Alt Clut (now Dumbarton Rock) fell after a four month siege to a Viking army from Dublin, led by Amlaib and Imar, the ruler of Dublin and his brother, respectively. Alt Clut was the center of a small but wealthy Brittonic kingdom and controlled access to the lowlands...

Say that a successful devolved government of Ireland act passes in the early 1900s – preferably before the Great War. What would be the political, demographic, religious and economic consequences throughout the 20th century for the UK as a whole? Are the Troubles avoided, or do they make OTL...

One of the major reasons that Ireland remained Catholic was that Protestantism was seen as the faith of the English oppressors. But was it possible for them to consider a non-Anglican branch? Was there any way for Scottish Presbyterianism to reach Ireland and be seen as a way to remain outside...

The Siege of Kinsale was the most important engagement of the Nine Years' War, the biggest rebellion to take place in Ireland during the Tudor period. IOTL the English defeated the rebels and their Spanish allies, eventually crushing the revolt entirely roughly a year later. But what if the...

James VI/I of Scotland-England's eldest son died at age 18, leaving the crown to Charles, whose tyrannical nature and questionable religious and financial reforms were major causes of the English civil war. according to Wikipedia, in addition to being quite bright and popular, he was a very...

George III's greatest ally and longest-serving PM, Pitt the Younger, was deeply devoted the United Kingdom project and pushed hard for concessions to be made to Catholics, understanding that a Protestant minority could not rule a Catholic majority in Ireland forever and that Catholic...

Say that one of the Irish rebellions against Tudor rule is successful (maybe one of the Desmond Rebellions and the Nine Years' War) and kicks the English out of the island. What would an independent Irish kingdom that is founded in the mid to late 16th century look like? I assume it would have...

So let’s say the Yorks (or the De La Poles since they have a Yorkist claim too) are able to remain in power in England. What happens to Ireland? I read how the Fitzgeralds supported Yorkist claimants to the throne against Henry VII of the House of Tudor. So assuming the Yorks are still in power...

So lets say the Vikings bring about a unified Irish state sometime in the 9th to 11th century either through their own rule or by causing the Irish to join together to drive them out. However it happens Ireland is an independent kingdom by the time of the Norman conquest of England. Lets then...

what if post roman britain developed a better military and conquered british isles how will this affect medieval europe ? will anglo saxon or vikings or british invasions of france be stopped or more successful due to british overstretch ?

When Napoleon was to launch his invasion of Britain he was also planning to send a smaller invasion force to Ireland so as to stir up rebellion there and establish a French satellite/puppet state. So I've been working on an alternate history novel based around the failed Irish rebellion of 1803...

Just like the title. What if the UK didn't abolish the Penal Laws that discriminated Catholics? What would it look like as it goes I to the Victorian era?

But providence doth often so dispose. - Oliver Cromwell July 2nd, 1644. Richard reckoned it had been about an hour since the battle started when the Bradford company were called to reinforce the left. The men had almost immediately begun to speculate on what that might mean for the course of...