A/N Sooo… maybe there won't be Shakespeare. I couldn't find much about his connections with Ireland, at least not enough for a whole chapter. So, enjoy. This one I believe is much more serious.
I've decided to kick this up a bit; this chapter focuses on the rebellions throughout the history of our two favorite Celtic nations.
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Ireland moved out of England with Northern Ireland when Elizabeth I came to power. There had been a lot of tension between the Church of England and the Church of Rome since Henry VIII decided to break. And Elizabeth was protestant, which caused a strain between her kingdom and the 'barbaric' land of Ireland. Also, many Irish weren't satisfied with the British government. Hugh Ó Néill began the war after forcing an English Sheriff out of his territory. Elizabeth was worried that Hugh would not be content in being a simple landlord, and Ireland decided it was time she tried to break from England.
Ireland was always angry at this point. Seamus loved his mother so dearly though, that he would never part. Siobhan would spend hours attempting to pace out her anger, it had been nine years until England finally quelled the rebellion, but Elizabeth died before she could see Ireland loose.
That was her problem; Siobhan was very prideful. But, it saved her from being taken as English territory many times. The only thing that outweighed Siobhan's pride was her hatred of England's 'Good Queen Bess'. The woman hated her so much that the color Yellow was banned from her court because it was believed to be a favorite Irish color! The men in her court were not allowed to have long hair, because it was 'too Irish' and if anyone had anything Irish related then they would 'be treated as if they were Irish' which, mind you, was not very good.
Even though Siobhan had help from Antonio, Arthur's military still defeated them. She nearly bankrupted him, which made Siobhan's heart fill with glee. The memory of Elizabeth still made Siobhan want to murder Arthur to the point that it was virtually impossible for the two to get along anymore, but Arthur never allowed Siobhan to divorce him.
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In the 19th century Ireland lost a lot of weight, as did Seamus. There was a serious potato famine in her home, and about 1 million people died, even more left. Siobhan had to fight to eat, and she was fighting to stay alive for some time, but luckily she, and her people, recovered.
Also, she became sick for a long time when Cholera epidemics broke out in her house. Though, later she became well again after the Irish Republican Brotherhood formed. She still fought frequently with Arthur, and she could not count how many times her people rose up and attacked the English, only to be forced back again.
Finally, though. Finally, she had the Easter Rising. And that paved the way for Ireland's freedom, even though her rebellion was quelled; it still had much of the affect she wanted.
What she did not know, was that it would also lead to the greatest heartbreak she had ever
experienced.
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Sorry for the short sucky chapter. I wanted to speed up and get to the story I wanted, the Easter Rising. I like writing things more modern, because it's much easier to find facts. Not to mention that Ireland has had so many rebellions that if I were to write about all of them, it would be a freakishly long story… so… sorry.