Top Ten Things You Didn’t Know about the Norman Invasion of Ireland

Ireland was the first foreign shore where English adventurers landed with the aim of conquest in the mid-12th century. The Emerald Isle would prove infuriatingly unruly and their people almost impossible to govern. Battles, blood feuds, wars and rebellions raged almost constantly for eight centuries as the would-be conquerors and independent-minded native populace fought for supremacy. →Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet?sub_confirmation=1 Find more lists at: http://www.toptenz.net Entertaining and educational top 10 lists from TopTenzNet! Subscribe to our Facebook: https://ift.tt/1QRrRgJ Business inquiries to admin@toptenz.net Other TopTenz Videos: 10 Powerful Intelligence Agencies from Around the World https://youtu.be/AYrMV8sr1SQ Things AMERICANS Who’ve Never Traveled Don’t Know About the World... https://youtu.be/JO1_pW666cY Coming up: 10. The invaders were invited to go to Ireland. 9. Most of the knights that went with Dermot to Ireland in 1169 were members of the same family. 8. The leader of the Norman mercenaries was sprung from prison to take part in the invasion of 1169. 7. The invasion army was tiny 6. The Normans initially fought against the Vikings rather than the Irish 5. The most famous name to emerge from the invasion was Strongbow – but he was never actually called that name 4. The King of England tried to prevent the invasion from happening 3. The murder of Archbishop Thomas Becket led to the King of England’s direct involvement in Ireland. 2. The Celtic Church decreed that the Norman Invasion was God’s judgement on the Irish for the ungodly practice of slavery. 1. At several points during the invasion it seemed very likely that the Irish would defeat the Normans and send them back to England. Source/Further reading: https://ift.tt/2HTtrBl https://ift.tt/2uusCah https://ift.tt/2HUFqPk