The Irish anyone?

[adembroski]

I don't believe Ireland was in any way unified until the 1171 King Henry invasion, so if this were done, I think it would make most sense to break Ireland into at least 2 parts and have a player only control one province to start.

This would be the more appropriate Irish banner, as the green one (I could be wrong here, I'm going on information I haven't referenced in a LONG time) is the flag adopted by Irish Americans...



Appropriate potential provinces within Ireland would be Ulaid, Northern UI Neill, Airgialla, Breifne, Connacht, Mide, Tuadmumu, Laigin, and Desmumu... the Island is fairly small, so probably no more than 3 provinces would be appropriate, and I'd go with Ulaid (northern Ireland), Connacht (western Ireland), and Laigin (southern and eastern Ireland). The first player owned Irish province should be Laigin, with Dublin as the capital (though not historically accurate, as Dublin was in the Irish Kingdom of Mide, Laigin was more central in the territory I am calling an Irish province here. Laigin is also the name of one of the legendary four kingdoms of Ireland, so it makes sense to be used as one of the names. One could easily go with the name Mide as well).

The most appropriate initial king I think I can find is Donnchad mac Domnaill Remair, but I can't really find any information on him.