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GreyStark wrote: The lord lieutenant didn't really govern Ireland. The Irish nobility tolerated him until they say the chance to rebel. And that was pretty often (33 wars in 800 years)

The King of England was the "Lord of Ireland", while the Lord Lieutenant was his viceroy in the country. Although, I did say that he really only controlled the Pale of Dublin. Some of the Irish lords were Anglo-Normans who held lands in England and Wales, such as the Earl Marshals of Pembrokeshire whom also owned lands in Leinster. Those who held land on both sides of the Irish Sea tended to stay loyal and were a counterbalance to the Gaelic Irish kings that endured under English hegemony.