England Didn't Conquer Ireland. It Was Invited In.

In 1166 an Irish king was driven out of his kingdom. So he sailed to England and asked for help, and the Normans who came stayed for 750 years. This is who ruled Ireland, from Newgrange to today: the dozens of Irish kingdoms and the High King, Saint Patrick, the Vikings who founded Dublin, Brian Boru at Clontarf, Diarmait Mac Murchada, Strongbow and Aoife, Henry II, the Pale, Henry VIII, the Flight of the Earls, the Plantation of Ulster, Cromwell, the Boyne, the Penal Laws, 1798, the Act of Union, the Great Famine, Home Rule, the Easter Rising, the Treaty and partition, the Republic, the Troubles and the Good Friday Agreement. Should Northern Ireland stay in the UK, or should Ireland be one country again? Tell me in the comments. Chapters 0:00 Invited in 0:24 Newgrange, 3200 BC 0:39 Dozens of kings and a High King 1:04 The Vikings 1:11 Dubh Linn: Dublin 1:24 Brian Boru and Clontarf 1:37 1166: a king driven out 2:11 The Normans land 2:29 Henry II crosses 2:50 The Lord of Ireland 3:14 The Pale 3:29 Henry VIII, King of Ireland 3:41 O'Neill and O'Donnell 3:50 The Flight of the Earls 3:59 The Plantation of Ulster 4:15 1641 4:20 Cromwell 4:33 The Boyne 4:48 The Penal Laws 5:07 1798 5:20 The Act of Union 5:28 The Great Famine 5:53 Home Rule 6:15 Easter 1916 6:31 The 1918 election 6:44 The Treaty 6:57 Ireland split in two 7:10 The Republic 7:21 The Troubles 7:33 The Good Friday Agreement 7:45 So who has ruled Ireland? 8:12 Your call Sound effects: CC0 recordings from the Kenney, CC0-Public-Domain-Sounds and rse/soundfx collections, the ESC-50 dataset (CC0-sourced clips only), and AltSFX by ALEX11BR (CC-BY 3.0). Maps: Natural Earth (public domain); historical areas are drawn by hand, approximate, and labelled on screen. Sources Norman invasion of Ireland (Wikipedia): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_... Plantation of Ulster (Wikipedia): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plantat... Great Famine (Ireland) (Wikipedia): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_F...) Anglo-Irish Treaty (Wikipedia): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-I... The Belfast/Good Friday Agreement (GOV.UK): https://www.gov.uk/government/publica... #history #historyfacts #StickmanTimeMachine #irishhistory #northernireland