Why was Ireland Colonized by the English?

Why was Ireland Colonized by the English?

Ulster was a rural farming region with a small population and a significant focus on cattle and crop farming. When the English conquest of Ireland began under the watchful eye of Henry VIII in the mid-16th century, Ulster was initially left mostly unbothered. It wasn’t until the reign of Queen Elizabeth I that a plantation project was privately funded in the eastern portion of the province.

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[TheJthom]

Missed out that the majority of Ulster planters were from the Anglo-Scottish borders, already used to frontier life. They would also make up most of the Appalachian frontier in the Thirteen Colonies

[javiervll]

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[christopherdieudonne]

I have often wondered how Northen Ireland came to be and why there isn't a unified island nation of Ireland. Very informative and well-explained video.

[Paul_Geriat]

Since the kingdoms of Ireland did not unite, it became a colony of the British. There is probably no land in the world that the British did not exploit.

[Cartamandua]

Ireland was first colonized by the Normans who had brutally colonized England 100 years previously.

[SamDiMento]

My family always thought we were largely Irish but we checked and it turns out almost all of our "Irish" ancestors were in fact Ulster Plantationers, Protestants of either English or Scottish origin.

[erikriza]

England treated Ireland worse than Russia is treating Ukraine now.

[warrenpaine]

Fun fact: The Northern-most part of Ireland is NOT in "Northern" Ireland.

[malahammer]

The British, leaving a murderous mess wherever they retreated from.

[richardshiggins]

As an Irish this was very well explained and presented .

[ramadamming]

Ireland was not Colonised by England though.. It was Colonised by the UK.

[Paddy]

Interestingly the most recent census in the North of Ireland shows that the largest religion is now Catholicism and most people refer to themselves as Irish or Northern Irish. Essentially undoing the damage done by Colonialism. Ireland resisted and won

[urseliusurgel]

To be totally accurate Ireland was colonised initially by the Norse (Vikings), who founded Dublin, Limerick and Cork etc.. In the late 12th century Normans or Anglo-Normans, with a sizeable contingent of South Welsh, led by Richard de Clare, Earl of Pembroke AKA 'Strongbow' conquered large swathes of Ireland. Strongbow's ancestral lands were concentrated in South Wales. Henry II of England, actually a Frenchman of Angevin and Norman ancestry, claimed the overlordship of Ireland, with the Pope's sanction. Later there were large numbers of Scottish colonisers, especially in Ulster. The role of English people in this process was far from overwhelming, much less as unique as your title suggests.

[NewYorkPickers]

Love this. The video was informative, useful, and helpful.

[michaelmcnally]

Well completely misses out that the first movement as such was Norman knights that invited over to assist one of the kings against other king. The Norman knights then started setting about establishing own area's and amassing wealth.
Fearing this then Anjevin King of England Henry II persuaded Pope Adrian (First and Last English Pope) to award Henry the title of Lord of Island making Henry in charge of Ireland and bringing the Norman knights back under Henry's control.
English Kings then using the title Lord of Ireland until Henry VIII who upon breaking from Rome could hardly use a Papal Issue to retain control over Ireland,
Thus persuading what was supposedly Irish Parliament to grant him the title King of Ireland.

[raymondharrington]

How would the British feel if Ireland owned part of England or part of Scotland

[harpreetsingh-olox]

I really wanna visit Ireland hopefully i will have enough savings and time one day

[papazataklaattiranimam]

Celtic peoples are historically so unlucky unlike Germanic peoples.

[honodle]

Always felt there should be a united Ireland.

[brendanshannon]

Northern Ireland was artificially drawn up on a map by the British so that they could ensure a permanent British-Protestant majority. However, today that no longer stands. Unionism is plummeting while the middle ground are rising. No one could have ever predicted that a Catholic woman would become primary leader of NI.