Ireland (Chaos)

Ireland was split into many little princedoms and didn't meddle much in the affairs of other European countries, if at all. Quite early, however, the English kings became lords of and made the area around it the of (English) settlement, and during the second half of the , quite a few English settled there. In 1400, the island of Ireland was hit by the , and relatively more English were killed, since they were concentrated in the cities. Generally, there was less English involvement in Ireland ITTL, since England was preoccupied with affairs on the continent, first because they stayed longer in Aquitaine, and second after they inherited -.
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In 1531, during the , Prince Alasdair decided to extend the war to Ireland. He was successful in this too: 1533, was conquered by him. In the 1547, the had to accept the independence of -Ireland under Alexander / in . The English would be expelled.
The sheer size of his empire meant that Alasdair hadn't much time to care for Ireland; despite this, or maybe because of it, the Irish were very content with his government.
The year 1588 saw the death of Alasdair. His vast lands were divided: Scotland and Ireland went to his elder son Alexander / , Scandinavia to his younger son / Kristian.
== Under English rule again ==
In 1606, king of managed to become accepted as new king of Ireland, after the death of Alexander V. He was a capable ruler and didn't anger off the Irish; but under his son , the fell apart again. During the , 1638, the uprisings in Ireland started, English were driven back into the Pale. In 1641, Dublin had to capitulate to the Irish, and many English fled to England or .
After had won the civil war, he took a look on Ireland again. In 1662, England reconquered the Pale. The rest of the island stayed independent yet, which became important: In 1698, it was agreed that a new council would be held on neutral ground - in Ireland, since it was the only Catholic European country that had stayed out of the . 1703, the ended again with a compromise.
During 1718-23, Ireland was again completely conquered by .