IRELAND

Question 1

WHO GOVERNED IRELAND ON HENRYS BEHALF

Answer 1

• earl of kildare

Question 2

WHY DID IRELAND BECOME AN INCREASED EXPENSE TO THE ENGLISH CROWN

Answer 2

• Rebellion in 1534 proved difficult to supress

- subsequent attempt to bring Irish government under English control failed

Question 3

AFTER AN INVASION OF THE PALE BY 2 IRISH NOBELS, HOW DID THE GOVERNMENT TRY TO PACIFY IRELAND?

Answer 3

• establish it as a separate kingdom, under English law
• creating counties out of the Gaelic lordships
• granting the Irish nobles peerage titles and same legal protection as English counterparts

Question 4

WHY DID THE GOVERNMENT NOT FOLLOW THROUGH WITH THE REFORMS

Answer 4

• lacked resources
• there was no residual Irish loyalty to the English crown
• emerging religious difference between england and ireland