Could Ireland and Scotland have united 800 or more years ago?

Question

They both spoke Irish and Scottish Gaelic and have historic trade links.
Traditional Irish sports are similar to traditional Scottish sports.
They were both against England.
So around a thousand years ago could they have united as one country.

Answer 1

I don't know if the Irish and Scots uniting 800 years ago would have made any difference to history .the question would need a lot more time to analyze the possible outcomes,but as the Scots are of Irish descent ,I don't think there would have been to many cultural differences.
The original inhabitants of Scotland ,when it was still referred to as Caladonia were the Picts ,these people were probably wiped out by the Scots coming over from Hibernia.As thre are no written records of the Scots invasion/migration to Caladonia there is very little to go on to determine how the two races dealt with each other when they clashed/met..But in the declaration of Abroath (obviously written much later than the Scottia tribes arriival in the North of Britain)There is a passage which talks of how the Scots wiped out the Picts .
Simiarly no-one is entirley sure when the Germanic tribes arrived on this island in the 5th century whether they wiped out the original inhabitants (misleadingly called the Celts) or co lived with them .It is just assumed by people in general that the Jutes,Saxons etc attacked and forced them off the land pushing them westward to Wales Devon ,Cornwall Cumbria and across the sea to N France,it may well have been that the Germanics stopped before they reached those areas ,although there is plenty of evidence that they were prevelant in the Scottish lowlands .

Answer 2

The Scots came from Ireland originally & were united with the Picks under Kennith Macalpine who was proclaimed King. So It did happened a long time ago, thats why there is so much existing similarity

Answer 3

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Answer 4

they have always disliked eachother simply because on religious grounds,irish are catholic,scots are mainly protestants,in fact the majority of northen ireland people are of scotish decent,and no they both did not hate england ,only the highlanders as the lowlanders were more in favour of england,as today northern irish are pro england (fact )and idnester i'm talking about the last 400 years ,

Answer 5

@ roosterman: For God's sake, 800+ years ago, there was no Protestantism! All they had in theat region was Catholicism.

It could've been plausible, though there could be some cultural differences.

Answer 6

Aw that would have been nice I love the Scottish accent very sexy!!

Answer 7

They could have ,what with them both having so much in common.But they chose not to I suppose

Answer 8

our wee norn iron would of sorted them out

Answer 9

NO THERE WILL ALWAYS BE THAT BODY OF WATER CALLED THE IRISH SEA THAT WILL ALWAYS KEEP THEM APART

AND THE SCOTS SMELL TOO

Answer 10

yeah they could have
they didn't