We were grand and relaxed about religion until those fooking French twats arrived.marhay70 wrote: ↑Tue May 23, 2023 10:46 am The people in Ireland at the time were already "Protestants" because the Irish Christian Church hadn't accepted the changes in the administration of the church elsewhere in Europe, notably, of course, France, the birthplace and steadfast supporter of the Holy Roman Empire. The Pope had no authority here and so it is believed that this was the justification that Henry2 had for seeking Papal permission to invade Ireland, ironic isn't it.
And it was all the fault of a fecking Leinster ar**hole.
BTW much the same happened in Spain where another git invited in a foreign to help him win.
In that case it was the Moors and it took them hundreds of years to get rid of them.
Anyway Newstalk.
The only one I listen to is Kenny.
The rest are shyte trying to outdo RTE in woke modern bolloxolgy, probably hoping to eventually get on that gravy train.