Bleh.. Go straight for expert. If you think it might be too hard, play as the Irish, conquer Ireland by simply building loads of kerns and overwhelming everything in your path. Start building a dock -> boat builder -> ship builder in your most developped province as quickly as possible and fill up the seas borderring Ireland.
You can then play viking yourself and raid Britain and do what you want with no real threats to your Ireland production centres. If the Vikings get a foothold on Britain, gather 6 longboats together with your best captain and sink all the viking ships, also build a lvl 3 brothel in one of your cities and send a 3 star spy to Norway and Denmark along with some emissaries. If you are lucky the provinces will revolt and defeat the Vikings, you can then bribe the rebels. This will annoy them greatly.
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