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Northern Ireland Points of Divergence
Prehistory
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Antiquity
Challenge: Make wolves and bears survive as domestic wild species on the British Isles
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The Middle Ages
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Early Modern history
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18th and 19th century
Challenge: Gaelic-speaking Ireland
A dual monarchy : United Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland with a post-1860s POD ?
Challenge: Ireland remains completely in the United Kingdom but Irish is spoken more
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20th century
Plausibility check : A Union of Celtic Socialist Republics ?
Challenge: Most dystopian and most utopian Northern Ireland possible
Plausibility cheack: How bad could The Troubles get ?
WI Ulster and the rest of Ireland were united during The Troubles ?
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ASB / ISOT / Geological
Avalonia Alone - This one concerns how civilisation would have developed if Avalonia did not break up and remained a separate island in the middle of the Atlantic.
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