Druids of Ireland Banned

1525

English authorities in Tudor Ireland, expanding control beyond the Pale, began suppressing surviving Gaelic religious practices and bardic schools. The old Brehon law gave way slowly to English common law. Irish resistance would simmer for generations, flaring in plantation and rebellion across the rest of the century. The suppression of bardic culture, including manuscript libraries and hereditary poets, fueled nationalist resentment for centuries.