Points of divergence concerning alternate historical developments within the modern day territory of Ireland.

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Challenge: Make wolves and bears survive as domestic wild species on the British Isles

The possibility of a Roman Ireland

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Challenge: Make wolves and bears survive as domestic wild species on the British Isles

Challenge: No Irish conversion to Christianity

No Irish Church

Challenge: Survival of the Celtic Church

WI: Celtic Christianity survives on the British Isles

Challenge: Gaelic-speaking Ireland

The state of an Ireland united by Brian Boru and a viable high-kingship, with the Norman settlement postponed

1066 PODs - Set during the time of the Norman invasion and the Battle of Hastings.

With a post-1066 POD, can anyone else rule Ireland ?

Ireland becoming independent in the 12th century ?

Results of a separate Angevin Irish Kingdom ?

An earlier (role for) Kingdom of Ireland

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Challenge: Make wolves and bears survive as domestic wild species on the British Isles

Challenge: Gaelic-speaking Ireland

Protestant Ireland

How would the Irish langauge fare with Ireland as protestant as England ?

Challenge: Make Ireland the "Portugal of the North"

Kinsale, January 3rd 1602 : A different outcome of the battle ?

Plausibility check: Irish emigrants, mercenaries and/or globetrotters founding a small overseas colony in the New World ?

Ireland under the House of Stuart Ireland under the House of Stuart and its effect on immigration WI: No Irish Rebellion of 1798 Know of any PODs or POD discussions ? Feel free to add them. ==== 18th and 19th century ==== Challenge: Gaelic-speaking Ireland Challenge: A united Ireland that stays in the Kingdom of Great Britain or the United Kingdom Irish Potato Famine PODs 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 What would an Irish Dominion of the British Empire be like if severel favourable PODs occured in the 19th century ? Irish or German-dominated Argentina instead of Italian Plausibility check: Ireland becoming a US state ? Know of any PODs or POD discussions ? Feel free to add them. ==== 20th century ==== Challenge: A heavily militarized Ireland Plausibility check : A Union of Celtic Socialist Republics ? WI Eamon de Valera executed in 1916 ? Challenge: Irish Labour as major political party Challenge: Franco style fascist Eire Could DeValera have declared war on Germany in WWII ? Just how significant could the IRA have been in WWII ? WWII or post-war era Irish Air Force developments 32 county island of Ireland in NATO Challenge: Most dystopian and most utopian Northern Ireland possible Plausibility cheack: How bad could The Troubles get ? WI: Ireland intervenes in The Troubles ? WI Ulster and the rest of Ireland were united during The Troubles ? Status of Ireland after a nuclear war (between the 1960s and 1990s) Plausibility check: Ireland as a regional power in a post-nuclear war world ? Know of any PODs or POD discussions ? Feel free to add them. ==== Miscellaneous ==== Large Jewish diaspora in Ireland Irish immigration to Russia Challenge: With ancient enough PODs, have Ireland colonize Britain ! Challenge: Have Irish dissidents take control of a British colony Projects combined: A world with a realistic CSA victory and a quasi-Fascist United Ireland Know of any PODs or POD discussions ? Feel free to add them. ==== 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. Landlocked Nations, Navies, and Islands ISOT to Waterworld 2012 Republic of Ireland ISOT to 1912 - A POD discussion that served as the basis for sparky42's eponymous timeline. Know of any PODs or POD discussions ? Feel free to add them. —- ==== See Also ==== Ireland Irish Timelines and Scenarios Useful Resources about Ireland —- ==== Navigation ==== List of Countries by POD Points of Divergence Main Directory**