The Irish have been kicked around since the ancient Romans arived
Hiberno-Roman relations
Rome never annexed Hibernia (the Latin name for Ireland) into the Roman Empire, but did exert influence on the island.
She was so close to getting the Romans to call it quits in Britain. She did lose the final battle but at least she did get revenge to what they did to her and her daughters burning Londinium to the ground.
It's history mirrors perfectly with what's been going on with this country. Past proves future.
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That was Julius Caesar's fault really. He did really well for the people and to combat corruption in senate. His intentions were good when he declared himself dictator only for 10 years at first to fix everything wrong with Rome but then realized it would take his lifetime and made the executive order in perpetuem. Thus began the Empirical rule. Things might have turned out differently if the senate didn't assassinate him.
>Threatening to do a barrel roll