A Protestant Ireland

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What conflicts? :confused:

The two Desmond Rebellions (1569-1573 and 1579-1583) and the Nine Years' War (1594-1603) were several conflicts between England and loyal irish nobles against rebel irish clans, led by the Earl of Desmond (in the Desmond Rebellions) and later by the Earl of Tyrone (hence the Nine Years' War's alternate name, Tyrone's rebellion.) Both were propogated by Elizabeth I and the rebels were most likely supported by agents of the Spanish crown and of the Papal States, most likely to return England to the Catholic fold.
 
A big problem is protestantism usually took hold amongst the urban elites. Ireland didn't have too much in the way of cities like those elsewhere in Europe. Just as the poorer and more rural parts of England remained heavily catholic so too did much of Ireland.
I'd think you would need to drastically change Ireland.
 
Indeed that is true, I was aiming for the urban populous and at least a chunk of the nobility to become Protestant and for the rest of the people to convert over time like in Northern England.
 
A big problem is protestantism usually took hold amongst the urban elites. Ireland didn't have too much in the way of cities like those elsewhere in Europe.

I don't know. Sweden and Norway weren't urban hotspots in this period, nor was Norway or Brandenburg.

What language would Protestant Island's Church use, anyway?
 
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