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Hello,
For that one TL I'll never bother to make, (Perhaps that shall be its name?) one of ideas I've been toying with is good old Eire being Protestant. From the little bit of knowledge I've gleamed from this site, one of the main problems with this was that the English/British were too heavy handed with the Irish to induce mass conversions. The English pushed the Reformation onto Ireland, as apart of the Tudors starting to exert more control over the island. I'm wondering, what would be necessary for the Irish to have a 'home grown' Reformation? I know that de jure the Lordship of Ireland was ruling in the name of the Pope, perhaps a Pope goes nuts and demands Ireland to be put under direct Papal control? (okay, too ASB)
The other thing I want to see with Ireland is basically avoiding the centuries of bad blood between the English (ITTL, no Treaty of Union so its just the English/Welsh) and the Irish.... Yeah, potentially a hard thing to do or maybe not, dunno. I can't think of way to start the process, but for this to happen perhaps the English take less interest in Ireland but still push for some centralisation? (As in giving the Parliament of Ireland more power over the Lords in Ireland) As a side note, the English are going to be tangled in Brittany (as in exerting rule over it) for a large chunk of the 1500s ITTL, maybe that would help?
If you wish to help there only one rule. No PODs before 1500.