Your challenge, if you choose to accept it, is to have the 1801 Acts of Union not occur and to have Ireland develop overseas colonies.
Your challenge, if you choose to accept it, is to have the 1801 Acts of Union not occur and to have Ireland develop overseas colonies.
With an earlier POD, I believe an Irish colonial project is possible (MNP certainly included such in his excellent Raptor of Spain TL); however, it's really not possible with this POD. Now, Scotland's a possibility (assuming they settled in somewhere like the River Plate as opposed to Panama), but even they would be hard-pressed to keep a colonial empire going.
What about an Irish Darrien scheme, but they pick a good spot and it works?
What about an Irish Darrien scheme, but they pick a good spot and it works?
Irish colonies in Australia and parts of South America are possible. They could pull a Belgium and get a nice slice of Africa