The government’s incursion into the midlands lordships of the O’Connors and O’Mores in 1546 is often identified as the root of the Tudor conquest of Ireland. Conversely, the years from 1535 to 1546 have been depicted as a period wherein a conciliatory approach to Gaelic Ireland was favoured. This paper argues that the origins of the Tudor conquest lie in the 1530s following the Kildare Rebellion. At this time a majority of senior officials in Ireland urged the regional conquest of the lordships of the O’Byrnes, O’Tooles and MacMurrough Kavanaghs in Wicklow and Carlow. This strategy was not adopted as Henry VIII refused to finance such a costly endeavour. Consequently a cheap political alternative now known as ‘surrender and regrant’ was briefly adopted in the early 1540s. However in 1546 the officials who favoured regional intervention in Leinster succeeded in initiating an incursion into the midlands. In light of the links between the campaign for the reduction of south Leinster in the 1530s and the incursion into the midlands in 1546, this paper argues that the origins of the Tudor conquest of Ireland can be traced to the campaign for the reduction of south Leinster in the mid-1530s.

中文翻译：

---

伦斯特的减少和都铎王朝征服爱尔兰的起源，c.1534-46

政府在 1546 年入侵奥康纳和奥莫尔斯的中部领地，通常被认为是都铎王朝征服爱尔兰的根源。相反，从 1535 年到 1546 年被描述为一个对盖尔爱尔兰采取和解态度的时期。本文认为，都铎王朝的征服起源于 1530 年代基尔代尔叛乱之后。此时，爱尔兰的大多数高级官员敦促区域征服威克洛和卡洛的奥伯恩斯、奥图尔斯和麦克默罗卡瓦纳家族的领主。由于亨利八世拒绝为如此昂贵的努力提供资金，因此没有采用这一策略。因此，在 1540 年代初期，一种现在被称为“投降和重新接受”的廉价政治选择被短暂采用。然而，在 1546 年，支持对伦斯特进行区域干预的官员成功地发起了对中部地区的入侵。鉴于 1530 年代南伦斯特缩减运动与 1546 年入侵中部地区之间的联系，本文认为都铎王朝征服爱尔兰的起源可以追溯到南伦斯特缩减运动。在 1530 年代中期。