Ireland History – Northern Irish History Belfast Dublin

The chiefs and lords, in fact, enjoyed their freedom from control. During all this period they ruled Ireland unchecked by any central Government, and they did not desire to be therwise. Lords and chiefs, great and small, Irish and Norman, overned their clans or followers and fought their rivals without any preference. To a few [...]

During this period, then, English influence was at its lowest ebb.The country was independent, and the nation was unified in culture ; but the one had no centre, and the other no head— there was no national focus. The conditions were remarkably like those after Clontarf or like those of the Italian States down to [...]