The Elizabethan Conquest of Ireland

This is the story of the 'failed' British Empire in Ireland and the sad end of the Tudor reign.The relationship between England and Ireland has been marked by turmoil ever since the 5th century, when Irish raiders kidnapped St. Patrick. Perhaps the most consequential chapter in this saga was the subjugation of the island during the 16th century, and particularly efforts associated with the long reign of Queen Elizabeth I, the reverberations of which remain unsettled even today. This is the ...