User blog:BigGAnglophile/Bruce Gaellic Alliance of Scotland, Ireland and Man

Alternative history where the Bruce dynasty are productive and go on to have a successful lasting dynasty in Scotland and Ireland and gradually go on to undermine the English and be a continuous thorn in their side ==The Battle of Bannockburn was a great victory in the Scottish War of Independence and it made Scotland not only a united nation but wealthy and a force to be reckoned with, it was a sign of things to come. What if the sucesses carried on and that a Bruce dynasty was established in Ireland that was not ravished by famine and plague and that Edward Bruce survived and won at the battle of Dundalk in 1318 which in turn drove the hated English out of Ireland for good, And David II had children, in particular a son  and proved to be a major thorn in the side of the English and a United Gaellic Kingdom of Scotland, Ireland,Man and all the Isles was formed and that in time it got Wales and possibly Cornwall and Brittany to join and bring about the fall of England and London and make England a lesser kingdom or dominion.Edit== 1314 : Robert the Bruce and his rag-tag army of loyal Scottish who are heavily outnumbered are victorious against the seemingly more superior English. This is a great day for Scotland and Scottish Independence that has been hard won and sets in motion greater thing not only for Scotland but Ireland and the Bruce dynasty

1315 : Edward Bruce the younger brother of Robert the Bruce invades Ireland and rallies the Irish people with him. There is no plague or famine and he gathers support everywhere except "The Pale" who are shuddering in fear due to the new Gaellic Alliance of Scotland and Ireland. Edward is soon crowned King of ireland at Tara and marries the daughter of his O'Neill ally

1316 : Edward Bruce gathers support from the west of Ireland making is temporary capital at Downpatrick

1317 ; Robert Bruces war hardened Scottish Army has landed troops in Ireland to unite with the Irish Army to plan an attack on "The Pale"

1318 : Edward II Plantagenet sends an army to Dundalk as one final stand to protect "the Pale" Once again this is another Bannockburn with the Gaellic Irish and the war hardened Highlanders and Scottish Army behind Edward Bruce it is another Bruce victory which Ireland celebrate in rejoice to the vanquishing of the hated English. to save face the once pro-English Fitzgeralds allign with the Bruces

1319 ; After two humilliations in the space of four years Edward II iof England is deemed a weak and ineffectual ruler ineffectual and loses face with his lords and is overthrown. The Highland clans swear total loyalty to Robert Bruce

1320 : The Alliance of Scotland and Ireland is secure with the Bruce brothers secure on their respective thrones and is to be known as the "Gaellic Alliance"which also includes the Isle of Man and the Isles of the North. Unrest is growing in Wales. The Gaellic Allaince of the Bruce thrones offers support to Wales. The French have allied themselves with the G.A. and it appaers that alliegances have been made with Norway

1321 : Unrest in Wales has gathered to boinig point and rebellion is backed up by the G.A.