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The British control of Ireland was more 'occupation' than 'colonisation'.

• flukus 10y ago
  Is there a big difference? In general I'd say colonization is more genocidy, but so was the occupation of Ireland. They even setup plantations, etc.
  • vacri 10y ago
    To clarify what I meant a bit - Ireland was already part of Europe, and there were Irish scholars, Catholicism was there, they traded with Europe and were familiar with European norms and traditions. The culture that England forced on Ireland was not all that much different to what was already in place. I imagine, though, that opinion on the two terms depends on what you think of 'colonisation' as.