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The people who invaded Ireland from England and Wales called themselves English.
by barry-cotter 6y ago
The people who invaded Ireland from England and Wales called themselves English.
- chrisseaton 6y agoBut the Normans are a real people going back over a thousand years.
- barry-cotter 6y agoI neglected to add “in an Irish context”. No Normans ever invaded Ireland. A great many English did, the military leadership of whom were mostly descended from those who conquered England a bit over a century prior.