The History of Ireland.. ( Archived) (26)

That, I didn't know.

That's a totally different book you're thinking of,Tru.
It's called the Cavan mans guide. Short arms & deep pockets.

Ireland existed as a Nation/State/Kingdom, and was recognised as such throughout the western world - with its own High King, language, writing (both Ogham and 18 letter alphabet) - laws, the very essence of a unitary State, long before the 10th century upstart England even existed.

Irish writing is the oldest vernacular literature in Western Europe - Irish law is the oldest, most original, and most extensive of the European legal systems. It is a unique legal inheritance, an independent indigenous system of advanced jurisprudence for the Nation/Kingdom/State of Ireland that was fully evolved by the 8th century.

When England invaded, Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair was the High King of Ireland (without opposition) - therefore Ireland was a sovereign state in which Irish people were united by known and accepted factors which define a nation - such as language, law, and common descent.

We Irish are Gaels, and our country is named in our stead. We are a distinct people - and our country is one of the oldest in the world.

Our Gaelic political and social order, and associated culture, originated/evolved in Ireland during prehistoric times - and still dominates to this day, despite all the foreign interference.

When the Roman Empire fell, we Irish saved the western world by opening centres of learning throughout Europe - meanwhile, people in what was to become England were walking around on their knuckles.

The invasion and occupation of Ireland was illegal and fraudulent.

1/ Diarmait Mac Murchadha, the ousted RI of Leinster, who sought England's help in regaining the land he once ruled, had no right under Irish Law to offer any Irish land, or kingship to Strongbow - because under Irish law, the land belonged to the Clan, and Kingship was not hereditary.

2/ England's erroneous claim to Ireland, namely, the reform the Irish church was fraudulent, because an English Pope, Adrian IV and an English King, Henry II, conspiring to steal Irish land, had zero authority in Ireland, moral or legal. The Papal Bull 'Laudabiliter' that England used, claimed to derive its "authority" from the 'Donation of Constantine' - the 'Laudabiliter' was subsequently deemed a forgery, and now is nowhere to be found.

3/ The 'Donation of Constantine' itself, was also a forged Roman imperial decree, by which the 4th-century emperor, Constantine the Great, supposedly transferred authority over Rome and the western part of the Roman Empire (WHICH IRELAND WAS NEVER A PART OF) to a Pope - again making England's illegal and fraudulent claim on Ireland a moot non-point.

England has no mandate in Ireland - it never did.