The took place largely during the 16th century.  declared in 1541. The defeat of the Irish at the Battle of Kinsale in 1602 signified the end of Gaelic Ireland. The Tudor period ended in 1603 when, on the death of Elizabeth 1, the entire country came under the control of the Stuart King, James.Tudor conquestof IrelandHenry V111 was King of Ireland

Henry V111 imposed a policy known as Irish chieftains surrendered their hereditary titles and lands which he then regranted to them. This had the effect of causing civil war in Ireland and a ten-year war against the English ending with Irish defeat at the Battle of Kinsale in 1602."surrender and regrant".

The Tudors also sought to reduce the power of the “Old English”, the earlier colonizers, who had been administering Ireland on behalf of the Crown. They succeeded in destroying the Fitzgerald dynasty in the 1530’s.

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