The English have been in Ireland as both peaceful settlers and conquerors since the 12th century. ... The seeds of violence had been sown over many centuries, alluding to the present conflict known as the troubles'. Its roots can be traced back to the seventeenth century. The whole of Ireland was governed by the British forces from the seventeenth to the early twentieth century, during which time the British encouraged Protestant settlement in the northeastern corner of the predominantly Catholic country. ... The blame for this, it was supposed, rested on the Anglo-Irish and Engl...

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During the Norse invasions the manuscripts were tossed about in water; an estimate of three hundred manuscripts survived that were written before the seventeenth century (Hazard, Benjamin James. ... The works illustrated the social role fulfilled by "hereditary" learned families in Gaelic Ireland; sixteenth-century scribes had the early manuscripts and copied them. ... The Tain was first rewritten in the 12th century in which it went under three different recensions. ... Fisher from Kim McCone is the vulgate (4th century Latin translation of the Bible) which could have been a model...

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Wars and rebellions were commonplace in seventeenth century Ireland. ... British racism toward the Irish contributed to starvation Since the Norman Invasion of Ireland in the twelfth century, the English took an attitude of racism toward the Irish. ...

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