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(OOC: England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales are all established in the original post as having been made independent kingdoms under different princes, so it would be the English Bourbons.) On the other hand, there might've been less rebellious sentiment in Britain had many lands not been given...

The French and Spanish should have stopped after the invasion of Ireland, Bourbon control over Ireland and the loss of all their colonies would have crippled Britain enough to prevent them from becoming a threat to French power again. Instead the French decision to divide and maintain control...

That was a foolish move on the part of Duarte Nuno, from what I've read Salazar was a republican and seemed to be stringing Duarte along more than anything. I don't think a comparison can really be made with Spain, Franco was more of an old-fashioned military dictator than an actual ideological...

There was actually quite a bit of controversy and accusations of being made into a Brazilian puppet state following the restoration in Portugal as the Duke of Braganza, Duarte Pio, was considered to the legitimate claimant to the Portuguese throne. There's still a Miguelist party in Portugal...

Northern Ireland would probably collapse into a Bosnian War type situation if Britain went communist. The Northern Irish economy is already dependent on British subsidies as it is, it wouldn't be capable of paying for the upkeep of the British Army or dealing with insurgency.

Unlikely, but even if he lost the elections the opposition party Fine Gael was also pro-neutrality. There was little support in Ireland for entering the war.

Or the rest of the Dáil except for James Dillon for that matter.

You would need to keep the Stuarts prominent in European politics which becomes harder to do the longer they stay in exile and make the Stuarts interested in only ruling Ireland, Bonnie Prince Charles was angered when the French proposed it during the Seven Years War as he considered himself to...

Ireland is a great strategic naval base and unsinkable aircraft carrier for blockading and attacking Britain, the British have always feared Ireland being allied with or controlled by a continental power, and Hitler and Goering both saw Irish bases as having the potential to end the war in...

There was an article on the RTE website theorizing about what might've happened had the Aud landed successfully: https://www.rte.ie/centuryireland/index.php/articles/what-if-the-guns-had-landed-another-version-of-the-easter-rising

In 1659 after the French signed the Treaty of the Pyrenees (in which they agreed to end support for Portugal) the Spanish went on the offensive against Portugal, seeking a decisive victory, but ultimately lost after the English began supporting the Portuguese following the restoration of Charles...

OOC: theg*ddam*hoi2fan stated that Canada was annexed by the Commonwealth of America, I find a surviving New England/Entente or a restored UK unlikely.

It's very debatable but I don't think Jack Reed would've been able to win the 1936 Presidential election without the radicalisation caused by Black Monday and without MacArthur's coup against Reed discrediting American democratic principles there wouldn't be enough popular support for a complete...

I think that some sort of nationalist dictatorship was inevitable even if Kerensky had not been assassinated, Savinkov's party was clearly on the rise in 1936 especially in the wake of the Amur Incident, after centuries of being a great power the Russian people hated the idea of suddenly...

In 1991 they also almost managed to assassinate John Major and his war cabinet with a mortar.

The Nine Years' War almost drove the English to bankruptcy and that was while they held a lot of land in Ireland and had support from allied lords, if the O'Neills could unite Ireland a reconquest of Ireland would be a much harder task especially with the Spanish or French being allied to the...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Kinsale It's surprisingly unknown outside of Ireland despite being one of the most important battles in Irish history.

Any news on this timeline?

Fidel Castro might have something to say about that.

Have the Armada of 1779 succeed after which France establishes a Bourbon kingdom in Ireland. With the Protestant ascendancy marginalised or fleeing the country now that Ireland is under Catholic control a new nobility is established consisting mainly of Franco-Irish and possibly Hispano-Irish...