What do the Ethnic Conflicts in Ireland Look Like if England is Still Catholic?

Considering that England had long claimed Ireland for its own, I think it's probable that Henry would have merely said he was re- establishing the True Church in Ireland as Defender of the Faith. Let's not forget that among William of Normandy's self-justifications in invading England was to do just that on the grounds that the independent churches and monasteries of Anglo-Saxon and Danelaw England had become too removed from Rome's central authority to be considered legit. I wouldn't put it past Henry to have claimed the same re the Irish church (and it would have somewhat defanged any Continental Catholic support FOR Irish rebellion/independence).
 
Before the split from Rome England actually didn't rule most of Ireland beyond the Pale (basically the region around Dublin) so unless something happens there England doesn't necessarily takes control from Ireland.

I don't know about Irish Catholicism pre-Tudors, if it is too heretical we can get and Londinium said.
 
It wasn't until the English Civil War that Protestants gained a large foothold in Ireland, even in Ulster. So its not until post 1649 that the religious conflict developed to its current form a POD of Henry VIII probably has too many butterflies to tell unless give more information.
 
It wasn't until the English Civil War that Protestants gained a large foothold in Ireland, even in Ulster. So its not until post 1649 that the religious conflict developed to its current form a POD of Henry VIII probably has too many butterflies to tell unless give more information.
But efforts toward Protestant colonization had been occurring for decades by then, so it definitely had a previous impact.
 

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If England were Catholic I doubt there would be an Irish-English ethnic conflict at all. It would be more like Austrians in Bohemia, but replace Austrians with English and Bohemia with Ireland.
 
Is it possible that the Irish just go Protestant in this case?I was under the impression that the reason why the Irish were so staunchly Catholic was precisely because the English were Protestant.
 
Is it possible that the Irish just go Protestant in this case?I was under the impression that the reason why the Irish were so staunchly Catholic was precisely because the English were Protestant.

Possible, but as has been said the English-Irish conflict only really increased after England broke from Rome.
 
Possible, but as has been said the English-Irish conflict only really increased after England broke from Rome.
Prior to that,most English in Ireland just went native.If the English tried to Anglicize the population and take land from the Irish,things will be bad just like OTL.
 
Possible, but as has been said the English-Irish conflict only really increased after England broke from Rome.

True, but this is largely due to the progress in communication means. Stronger communication means favoured the realization of common identity.

So I agree with darthfanda.

In a time when religion was everywhere in daily life, choosing a different religion was a way of expressing identities difference and identities conflict.

This happened since the first decades and centuries of christianism's political triumph in the 4th century.

The germanic tribes chose arianism to maintain their identity.

Egyptians, syrians and mesopotamians chose monophysism or nestorianism against greek chalcedonian orthodoxy in order to maintain and assert their identity in opposition to byzantine greeks.

Now if we go back to the irish rebellion of 1798, we have the chemical proof that identity mattered more than religion. This rebellion did not oppose catholics and protestants. Many of its leaders were protestant. It was irishmen rising for snatching away more rights from english domination. And they were much more inspired by the american and french revolutions than by catholic faith.
 
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