Old English nobility in Ireland

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ethno-social group nobility social class

Old English nobility in Ireland were the descendants of medieval Anglo-Norman settlers who formed a powerful, largely Catholic landed elite that often defended their traditional privileges and autonomy against expanding English royal authority.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Old English in Ireland	2
Anglo-Norman settlers of Wexford	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ethno-social group ⓘ nobility ⓘ social class ⓘ
affectedBy	Penal Laws in Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ Reformation in Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ Tudor conquest of Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	Anglo-Irish community NERFINISHED ⓘ Dublin NERFINISHED ⓘ Pale NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturallyInfluencedBy	Gaelic Irish culture NERFINISHED ⓘ
declinePeriod	17th century ⓘ
defended	local autonomy ⓘ traditional privileges ⓘ
developedFrom	Anglo-Norman settlers in Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ medieval Anglo-Norman aristocracy in Ireland ⓘ
distinguishedFrom	New English settlers in Ireland ⓘ
emerged	12th century ⓘ after the Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland ⓘ
hasEthnicOrigin	Anglo-Norman NERFINISHED ⓘ English ⓘ
heldRole	landowners ⓘ magnates ⓘ members of the Irish Parliament ⓘ officeholders in local government ⓘ
intermarriedWith	Gaelic Irish nobility NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	Early Modern English NERFINISHED ⓘ Irish ⓘ Middle English NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ Lordship of Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ
lostPowerAfter	Cromwellian conquest of Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ Williamite War in Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ
oftenOpposed	Tudor centralization ⓘ centralizing English royal authority in Ireland ⓘ extension of English common law over Gaelic areas ⓘ
politicalAllegiance	frequent assertion of local rights against royal officials ⓘ nominal loyalty to the English Crown ⓘ
politicalStatus	hereditary aristocracy ⓘ landed elite ⓘ
relatedConcept	Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ Hiberno-Norman NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
socialPosition	between English administration and Gaelic Irish population ⓘ
sometimesDescribedAs	Anglo-Irish nobility ⓘ Old English NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod	Early modern period ⓘ High Middle Ages NERFINISHED ⓘ Late Middle Ages NERFINISHED ⓘ
typicalReligionAfterReformation	Catholic ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Yola → hasEthnicGroup → Old English nobility in Ireland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Anglo-Norman settlers of Wexford

Tudor conquest of Ireland → opposedBy → Old English nobility in Ireland ⓘ

Butler family → politicalAlignment → Old English nobility in Ireland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old English in Ireland

FitzGerald family → politicalAlignment → Old English nobility in Ireland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old English in Ireland