1 THE ENGLISH POLITICAL DOMINATION OF IRELAND HAS LEFT

The English political domination of Ireland has left the Republic with a secure and workable administrative, educational, and judicial system.

The English political domination of Ireland has left the Republic with a secure and workable administrative, educational, and judicial system.
The English political domination of Ireland has also ensured that most Irish people now speak English, although that is a sore point among those nationalists who believe the Irish should speak their own ancient language,not one forced on them by colonial masters.
There has been so much movement back and forth between the British Isles and Ireland that almost every Irish family has some relations in England or Scotland or Wales, or most probably has worked in these places for some portion of their lives.
The Irish are proud they do not have a monarchy: they think of themselves as citizens, not as subjects.