So recently I learned that Great Britain has controlled Ireland for nearly a thousand years. One would have thought, that if it weren't for the Irish independence in 1922 maybe they would have been proper integrated into Great Britain by today. One would think that the strong Irish identification in Ireland would have been even stronger in former times. How come Irish nationalism to have never prevailed over the British before the independence in 1922? This brings me to the following question, regarding separatism in the medieval period and viking era:
What indenpendence movements tried, but failed to do so, to overcome the british rule during these periods?
Thank you, a Dane
separatism in the medieval period and viking era:
This is a slightly tricky question since 'English' (actually broadly Cambro-Norman) control over Ireland doesn't begin until roughly a century after the tail end of the 'Viking Era' in 1172. For the majority of the Viking era, or from the early 10th Century onwards, Ireland is home to several Scandinavian trading settlements, and the Hiberno-Norse are major trade partners first with Danelaw Northumbria, and after 907, with the English through the ports of Chester and later Bristol. One of the chief commodities in this trade is likely to have been the Irish themselves, sold by the Scandinavians into English ports to fill a demand growing from an increasing inability to secure slaves from Wales, as more and more Welsh kingdoms either allied with England or came under English political authority.