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Skribentens beskrivelse af A Country Divided,A Country Divided The English first came to Ireland in 117 when King Henry the second sent over a group of noblemen. The King declared himself "Lord of Ireland". The Irish and the English lived together quite peacefully in various little clans until 1541 when King Henry VIII had himself, and this successors declared "king of Ireland". Seven years earlier Henry VIII had made the Church of England independent of the pope in Rome so that it was no longer a Catholic church. But the Irish were Catholics and did... |