How to get the Irish to expand?

**Martok** · 11-15-2006, 23:12

@Don Corleone:

You deliberately go for Lithiuania early on? Odd; I didn't realize you were the type who enjoys constant uprisings.

@BrSpiritus: The Irish actually asked for an alliance? Wow; that's got to be the first time I've even heard of that happening. In my XL games, they always tell me to buzz off (to put it politely

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**BrSpiritus** · 11-18-2006, 03:49

Originally Posted by Martok

@Don Corleone:

You deliberately go for Lithiuania early on? Odd; I didn't realize you were the type who enjoys constant uprisings.

@BrSpiritus: The Irish actually asked for an alliance? Wow; that's got to be the first time I've even heard of that happening. In my XL games, they always tell me to buzz off (to put it politely

)!

yeah it was funny, had never seen that before myself, but then this is my first campaign with an Orthodox country. Maybe the Irish just hate the other catholics?

BrS

**Martok** · 11-19-2006, 03:08

Originally Posted by BrSpiritus

yeah it was funny, had never seen that before myself, but then this is my first campaign with an Orthodox country. Maybe the Irish just hate the other catholics?

BrS

Could be. It's hard for me to say myself--whenever I've played the Byz in XL, the Irish are often gone (usually conquered by the English) by the time I ever get an emissary over to Dublin. It's as good an explanation as any, though!

**eggplantman** · 08-25-2007, 01:48

does anyone else think the irish and the vikings have the best starting place

**aturuxo0** · 12-01-2009, 18:09

Hi, this is my first post.

I only see the Irish expans once in more than 6 months playing XL. I was playing with the portuguese IIRC and they were my allies. I owned the iberian peninsula, north africa and the holy land. the Irish not only conquered all the Britain Islands but they also moved to continental Europe from the Pyrinees to Poland.

Unfortunetely, they backstabbed me looking for the sun of the spanish beaches and I had to take care of them

**PershsNhpios** · 12-02-2009, 07:14

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**wungered1** · 12-02-2009, 08:48

I know that playing as the Sicilians (who are one of the only other island factions), it really helps that they start with a couple of galleys in the water around their territory.