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France or Spain successfully land in Ireland to keep it out of the hands of England and maybe also religious motivation to either stage an invasion of England from Ireland or to stop the spread of Protestantism in Ireland.
Either Ireland is united and in Alliance in France or Spain with significant troops stationed there much like the alliance Scotland and France had or else Ireland is under control from France or Spain.