Competing factions in Ireland could seek English royal support against local opponents. The speakers distinguish those appeals from requests by Norman lords in the Pale and present both as explanations for intervention. Their general account does not examine a named campaign closely enough to establish how widely that explanation applies.
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Factional appeals behind English wars in Ireland
Factional invitations and Norman interests provide two explanations for English interventions in Ireland.