So obviously in 1542 Henry VIII created the Kingdom of Ireland, and English control slowly increased over the years that point on. A couple of questions...

To what extent was Irish culture still distinctive from that of England/Britain as the years went on. The English tried to stamp out Gaelic culture and Anglicize Ireland, how far were they successful in doing so? I know for instance, that many Irish taught their children English because it was needed if you wanted to achieve certain positions and advance, but I assume Irish was still by far the most dominant language of this period?

More generally, what effect did Ireland's Gaelic culture have on English rule in this period? In terms of laws (Since Gaelic laws were distinct from British law), can we see any remnants of Gaelic law/differences from English common law? Any other sorts of examples of where this might/might not be the case are very welcome.

I am imagining the situation to be one where the top social levels where fairly Anglicized and integrated into British Society, as well as of course the planters from the start of the 17th century, but where the majority of Catholic 'peasants' (For want of better terminology) still remained fairly Gaelic in their culture in terms of language, cultural memories etc. Would that be relatively accurate?

Of course, Irish Gaelic culture was effectively wiped out, or transformed/absorbed anyway...by what point would you say this had happened?

So, thanks for answering what is a lot of questions. Cheers! :)