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Henry II and the Invasion of Ireland

Published: Feb. 16, 2013, 10:46 p.m.

b'(Christine) The English and the Irish have been fighting (and singing) about hating one another) for as long as both sides can remember, but what brought the English to Ireland in the first place? What did the English king, Henry II, have to do with it? And why is everyone frowning at some guy named Dermot?'