Anglo-Norman Invasion of Ireland

[Adaman]

Thing was Dermot MacMorrough would only have been a footnote in history had Henry II King of England not used Dermots spat as an excuse to invade Ireland at the head of a huge army a few years later in 1171

Henry had been planning the invasion since the 1150s long before Dermot showed up. One of Henry II’s first royal councils, held at Winchester in September 1155, was called for the specific purpose of organising a conquest of Ireland, over which his brother William would be made king.

Perhaps somewhat bizarrely to modern ears Henry even got "permission" to invade Ireland from the only English Pope ever.

[ieatmice]

Anglo-Norman is a really deceptive term to use in my opinion. The kings of England at this time were fully Norman, they did not intermarry with the Anglo-Saxon commoners. Yes it’s likely that most of the soldiers that were taken to Ireland were Normans as noblemen were usually the elite force of any army of the period but most if not all levies would be Saxons

[sandidavis]

This is very interesting, I want to look into further. You tell us more in a minute or 2 than we can learn by studying for years.
Thank you, Davy

[weric]

glad you are showing irish history beyond the 19/20 century

[baileygregory]

Just think how much people and families directly and indirectly impacted by this man today in Britian, Ireland and beyond

[RobertStCyr-peic]

There was only one Anglo Norman King, Henry II. Also, when Strongbow came over he had closer to 1, 500 men. Most of those were foot soldiers. Everybody forgets to mention them when talking about the conquest.

[justinlabrosse]

Im glad you made a video explaining how it happened finally.

[LVQuinn]

My families history ☘️🇮🇪
Niall O’Cuinn was one of those killed in the Battle of Clontarf in 1014 when Brian Boru’s Irish army defeated the Danes. One of the most established sections of the family was a Dalcassian sept of Thomond in County Clare, where the place name Inchiquin is located. Other Irish towns bearing the Quinn moniker are Ballyquin and Glenquin.

[cannondaleflyer]

"Strongbow" by Conor Kostic covers this period in his very interesting and readable book

[brendanward]

Dermot actually returned to Ireland in August 1167 with Richard fitz Godbert de Roche and a small army of Flemings.

[niall]

Nowadays sadly Ireland is being destroyed by immigration..😢

[charlesda]

Being invited to tea but forgot to leave.

[Ol_Durty_Badger]

There’s my family’s up in the north, Ciannachta Ua Catháin!

[ninjacat]

Year 1169 and they still havn't got over it, wow !

[Alphae]

It's interesting how people have very similar names now as they did 1000 years ago

[johnmcgrath]

V good post. A lot in a little. But the Anglo-Norman lord recruited in England was not a king but a lord. Rory O'Connor was so llackluster in resisting the Anflo-Norman Strongbow that the O'briens rushed to Dublin to swear allegiance to the English king who had come to Ireland to defeat Angl-Norman Strongbow, whom he saw as a looking to establish his own kingdom in Ireland without maintaining his allegiance to the English king.

[brucelownhole]

And after that, it all went wonderfully.

[Jen]

Munster is where many of my ancestors came from.. first time ever I have heard it mentioned..

These short vids are a treasure.. so much information.. so much to learn about where we come from and what happened there..

Will be thanking you again each time I view these..

Btw.. the rescue podcast today was excellent.. so relieved I was that it was successful and that grand 17 y/o lad was saved..

Thank you 🌹☘️
Jen999💙

[buzzdogg]

Is this when the Holden’s came to Ireland? As the family name is of Anglo-Saxon decent

[richey]

Let's talk about ireland s invasion of modern day Scotland and the conquest .Irish never want to face their own colonial past