I'm not sure that's actually possible. The Welsh never had the navy required to ferry ships across the Celtic Sea and even if they did get there I don't think they would have the manpower to subjugate all of Ireland.
Wank "Wales" with a POD no earlier than 800 AD
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Its a little hard to swim with all your weapons and armour...Breaststroke
TruthfulPanda
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Two Welshmen, swimming alongside, could ferry their weapons and armour on a little raft, pulling it along tugging on a strand of creeper ...Its a little hard to swim with all your weapons and armour...
Can sheep swim? Maybe they could use them to help?Two Welshmen, swimming alongside, could ferry their weapons and armour on a little raft, pulling it along with a strand of creeper ...
TruthfulPanda
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No. Sheep are not migratory
But those buff, fit and virile Welshmen could invade Ireland by swimming on inflated sheep bladders!
But those buff, fit and virile Welshmen could invade Ireland by swimming on inflated sheep bladders!
Damn...No. Sheep are not migratory
But those buff, fit and virile Welshmen could invade Ireland by swimming on inflated sheep bladders!
Well that could work yes. Its clearly time to re-enact the journey of St. Patrick.
TBH I suspect any Hiberno-Welsh union would end up being ruled from Ireland, which would be bigger, more populous and less open to invasion by the English.
There are a couple of references to fleets in the Welsh Triads http://www.maryjones.us/ctexts/triads2.html. One example is:
13. Three fleet owners of the Island of Prydain. Gereint son of Erbin; and Gwenwywnwyn son of Naf; and March son of Meirchiaun.
In the fifth century Britons colonized Brittany somehow.
You don´t really need to conquer Ireland in order to get Irish mercenaries. You just need gold. With some initial success in conquering, they may get some gold and hire Irish mercenaries. If they also get more Irish immigration, that would help making Southern Britain once again more Celtic.