Post by raharris1973 on Oct 10, 2024 12:32:27 GMT
What if Strongbow's invasion for Diarmit fails badly with him killed, leading to King Henry II not following after him.
More importantly, later attempts in the 1100s or 1200s to hire Anglo-Norman mercenaries, or independent Anglo-Norman invasion attempts, also fail. And England becomess increasingly absorbed in the Crusades, the Baron's Wars, and Angevin Empire affairs in France, with a side dish of Iberia, and less time or interest for Ireland.
The crowning distraction of course is the Hundred Years War starting in the 1300s.
And not long after that is done, we have the War of the Roses.
What is the not English-invaded-yet Ireland looking like at that point (1487) and what is the future looking like? Has any Irish-Scottish warring taken place, filling the vacuum?
More importantly, later attempts in the 1100s or 1200s to hire Anglo-Norman mercenaries, or independent Anglo-Norman invasion attempts, also fail. And England becomess increasingly absorbed in the Crusades, the Baron's Wars, and Angevin Empire affairs in France, with a side dish of Iberia, and less time or interest for Ireland.
The crowning distraction of course is the Hundred Years War starting in the 1300s.
And not long after that is done, we have the War of the Roses.
What is the not English-invaded-yet Ireland looking like at that point (1487) and what is the future looking like? Has any Irish-Scottish warring taken place, filling the vacuum?
