How did the troubles start between British Empire and Ireland?

Answer 1

Bad feelings between the English and the Irish go back to the Dark Ages, Irish raiders terrorised the British West coast and took many people as slaves (that's how St Patrick came to be in Ireland). The Irish hate for the English really started when the Normans from England occupied Ireland in the 12th century under Richard de Clare (Strongbow). The Irish slowly regained their land over a few hundred years but in the 16th century, the Tudors caused a lot of trouble in Ireland by starting plantations. The land and rights were taken from the Irish and there was a lot of conflict in the 16th and 17th centuries also because of religious differences, Ireland being Catholic and England being Protestant. There was much less resistance after the Battle of the Boyne which was a decisive English victory over the Irish and Scot Jacobites. Northern Ireland became heavily populated with English people which eventually led to the recent 'Troubles' in which Irish Republicans have callled for a completely unified Ireland and no more English presence. The potato famine and the lack of English support during those times were also a cause for hate in the Irish, as English landlords would carelessly evict those Irish who were too impoverished to pay their tax/rent. Hope all that answers the question.