Hello and welcome to the Renaissance English History Podcast, a part of the Agora

podcast network. I'm your host Heather Tesco, and I'm a storyteller who makes history accessible

because I believe it's a pathway to understanding who we are, our place

in the universe, and being more deeply in touch with our own humanity. This is episode 117,

and it's an introduction, and I want to stress it's only an introduction to the colonization of

Ireland, the conquest of Ireland.

There's so much more that needs to be researched and written on this subject and so much more research that I want to do.

But I also wanted to get you starting to think about this subject because it's not really one that you see written about a lot.

And it was a major part of English foreign policy, especially during the later Elizabethan period, especially as war with Spain became much more of a threat.

And the religious differences really came to the fore.

So Ireland was really important.

And we don't really tend to think about it quite so much and about what was happening in Ireland during this period. So we're

going to talk about that a little bit today. But first, I want to thank my patrons. I have

amazing patrons and it has been a while since I've done a little patron shout out. So here we go.

So I am so incredibly grateful to Ashley, to Rebecca from Tudor's dynasty, to Janine, to Andrea, Elizabeth, Bertha, Melissa, Sharr, Amy, Al, Twyla, John, Sarah, Vicky, Kathy, Christine, Cynthia, La Ronda, Yergan, that's my dad, Philip, Katie, Kara, Catherine, Sabrina, Shandor, Ian, Slane, Megan, Susan, Kathy, Lady Ann, A.K. Jessica, Donna, Michelle, Judy, Kendra, Joanne, Emma, Jim, Annetta, that's my mom, Mara, Barbara, Kiva, and Cynthia.

That's my mother-in-law.

So you see, only three of you are family to me.

Oh, and my stepmom's in there too.

So only four of you are family to me. And yet and my stepmom's in there too. So only four of you are family to me.

And yet I have this amazing community of patrons. And I have to tell you, when I read those names,

it just fills me with such gratitude. And I'm just so appreciative of all of you for being so

supportive of this podcast and of this show. I'm going to be 10 years old this year,

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