>>17872963>It's from the middle ages. Essentially Ireland was not structured in the same way as most of Western Europe, it was not feudal and relied heavily on clans as a political basis making them a sort of barbarian in their eyes. Heads of clans married multiple women, had dozens of children, there was no strict inheritance. Medieval Ireland more or less represented the early middle ages but it persisted well beyond it.Wrong
The Gaelic irish did not live in "Clans"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=su7XRzFTDs4
>The differences were too much for much of the people in Britain to even tacitly accept them"Britain" (Actually England) didn't invade the irish because they were different, the anglo normans invaded because they were invited in as mercenaries and the invasions only ramped up in the 1500s because a catholic ireland next to protestant england was a big threat.
>Neither did the Irish really marry or interact outside of Ireland itself, they had a very insular political culture that didn't feel the need to interact with those outside of it.Irish Monks and mercenaries were found everywhere in europe for hundreds of years, what the fuck are you talking about?