Why was England so interested in conquering Ireland?

[Belloc]

So it's the Iliad all over again? Too many English women going off with Irish men and so the English men started a war?

Was there a disproportionate ratio of English men to women when these conflagrations began?

Ah, an Englishman for a lover is a slow death indeed.

To be charitable, I'd say it depends on the particular Englishman. Or Englishwoman, for that matter.

Just an observation, nothing more.  :asianbow:

True, no slams on individuals, but as a whole.....