AHC: Anglo-Saxon Ireland

[Shtudmuffin]

Your challenge is to allow for an Anglo-Saxon settlement and eventual domination of Ireland at some point in the Middle Ages. The Anglo-Saxons must remain in power in England while this happens. The later the PoD, the better. So how can it be done?

 

[Bee]

Egfrith of Northumbria sent an army there in the 680s. Maybe it could have led to something more permanent than it did.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecgfrith_of_Northumbria

 

[Berus]

this is also going to happen in my timeline, the whole british islands will be germanic, however celticy still survives in Gaul, where gaulish is the dominant language. I thought a larger migration of germanic tribes to the british islands will replace the celts.

 

[Lysandros Aikiedes]

Your challenge is to allow for an Anglo-Saxon settlement and eventual domination of Ireland at some point in the Middle Ages. The Anglo-Saxons must remain in power in England while this happens. The later the PoD, the better. So how can it be done?

I guess it would turn out much the same way. The occupation of Ireland, starting with the Anglo-Normans in the 12th century, only occurred gradually, with the Norman magnates only occupying a few fiefdoms. Also, the "Anglo-Saxons would have called themselves "Aenglisc" (English) by the time of the 11th century.