How come the Irish were conquered by the English and treated as vassals by them?

Question

What is the method they used?
When did this happen?

Answer 1

Because they were fighting amongst themselves like the Highland Scots. The English aided the families who would support them when they gained power. Unfortunately their former allies then turned on the English. The king was ruler of Ireland in name only, real power lay in the hands of the warlords.
The most brutal act of reconquest came under Cromwell in revenge for the massacre of Protestant settlers by Irish rebels. the conduct of Cromwell's troops is the reason the Irish hate us.

Frank H, the Wars of the Roses happened 200 years before the English Civil War. Instead of Charles I and Cromwell it was 2 families fighting for the crown of England. The Red rose was the house of Lancaster, the White rose was the house of York (not King and Parliament as you said). Henry VII was a Welshman, he defeated the last English king Richard III in 1485.
The English didn't become Protestants until Henry VIII's break with Rome, before that they were Catholics and even after the split the Anglican church retained catholic aspects.
Edward I (Longshanks) was no worse than the other kings of his time. The Middle Ages was a brutal period, only the strong could survive.
Britain wasn't ruled by 1 king until 1603 when James VI of Scotland succeeded Elizabeth I (and the act of union didn't take place for another 100 years, the king was effectively ruling 3 different countries)
Do you have any proof of the lord bedding the peasant's wife in medieval England? Other than Braveheart?

Answer 2

The Irish were conquered by the English because the English had a larger and better organized military. England was united under a single ruler (most of the time) and had the Welsh (already conquered) to draw upon. Ireland, in contrast, was more a loose unification of clans/nations occasionally united, more often feuding. In this they were similar to the Scottish clans.

Henry 2nd conquered Ireland in 1215AD

Answer 3

War between French and English, but fought on Irish soil. English won and took over the country. Prohibited the Irish from speaking their own language and commited many other atrocities. The worst one of all, of course, was to allow a nation of around ten million people to suffer starvation and only offer them death or deportation as an answer. The result was that after the potato famine, the nation had been reduced to around one million, and has never really recovered from that until the rise of the Celtic Tiger in recent years, They are now a wealthier nation and enjoy a much greater economic profile than ever before...........and they play a fantastic game of rugby!!

Answer 4

This is not one event but a series of events over many years. One key incident is The Battle of the Boyne which is still being celebrated by Irish protestants today. James II wanted to bring Catholicism back into power in England so the English barons invited William of Orange who was his nephew and his wife Mary who was James's daughter to take over as king and queen. This lead to a struggle for power and James recruited a catholic army in Ireland. The army was defeated at the battle of the Boyne by William's protestant army and James fled to France where at the expense of the French king he maintained his court near Paris. William and Mary went on to rule as the only joint monarchy England has ever had. The antagonism resulting from this battle has continued in Ireland ever since maintained by such incidents as the Easter Rising when we lined up and shot I think it was 10 or 11 Irish rebels including one in a wheel chair. The current peace talks in Ulster are the latest attempt to resolve this Long standing enmity

Answer 5

this happened well over one hundred years and no less than a thousand.the english not only invaded and held iriland but also wales and scotland. part of the reason the irish were treated as vassals is because of interreligious wars. the protestants and cathliocs fought over land and people. as well as certain kings fought over land in iriland and england and main land europe. the region known as normandy in france was a region under the control of the english (KING RICHARD)kings. the english monarchy lost normandy due to the fact that king phillip of france took normandy while king richard was held for ransom.the history of europe was of internicine warfare with the peasents of france ,wales,scotland and iriland treated as less than human. this incluoded the lords claiming the right to "bed"the bride on her wedding night. the finall stroke was the irish potatto famine (a major food source) 500,000 too who knows how many died. the english held the irish in such contempt that the english parlament denied incomeing shipments of grain to the starving. the history of europe is full of conflict,treaty,s made and broken. the most cut throat king from england was william long shanks. known not only for his long hair but also his tactics. welling to reward both enemys and foes a like.
if you think the history of iriland and scottland is intersting than you should try welch history as well. wales had their own revolt against england and had a folk hero on the scale of robin hood. english troops did not invade iriland it was actually force of dutch and french mercanry's hired by the the english to invade the irish. they were looking for one of the english kings (king charles?)who had fled from the protestant army of cromwell. he fled to seek help from the very catholic king of iriland. this happened well over three hundred years past. this war was the war of the roses.a red rose meant you were a royal and supported the king of england. a white rose you were a protestant round head and in the good graces of cromwell. England would later reinstall the monarchy as a limited republic.in fact the monarchy of england was not a english court but a german court.the ancestors of the present monarchy should have the name of hanover not windsor. the present monarchy is only kissing cousins to the toudors and plantagents who committed so many of the past horrors.

Answer 6

A. Vassaling. B. It's still happening except on the rugby field.

Answer 7

You're asking for a lot of hot-headed Irish responses with this one (in English - LOL).

Answer 8

That is now history. Today the enemy of the Irish are the Irish themselves. I lived in Ireland for 15 years and I noticed how they rip their own kind off. Ireland is now a republic. R.O.I. abbreviates for Republic of Ireland. R.O.I. can also stand for rip off Ireland.
They won their independence in the 1920s only to hand it back to Europe and live under their laws for greed.

Answer 9

B/c they were busy drinking. & Their high class drinking elegance made them the vassals.