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Former countries in Ireland

  • Lordship of IrelandIn 1155, Pope Adrian IV issued a bull granting Henry II of England authority over Ireland. This document became the legal foundation for English rule, though…
  • British EmpireIn 1497, John Cabot sailed from England and made landfall on the coast of Newfoundland. He believed he had reached Asia but found no colony to establish.