Everyone knows someone that can make his or her sunny day turn into a rainy, gloomy day. Or maybe someone has had an encounter with a person on the subway that bumped into you, knocked your bags down and still didn't have the audacity to say excuse me or can I help you with that? What comes to mi...
It is evident that as the Norman conquestors of Ireland who initally arrived under Richard de Clare at Dermot McMurrough's invitation set root in Ireland, two deeply contrasting nations emerged. This development may be traced through two main incidences. Firstly, the arrival and expansion of the Normans signalled a drastic departure from the hitherto stagnant and unchanged Gaelic way of life in Ireland, as the distinctions between the Irish and 'invading' English divided the country. Secondly, as the settled Norman Lords gradually became accustomed to their new t...
