New: Gary Oswald ( @garyoswald.bsky.social ) discusses the role of English #Pope #AdrianIV and King #HenryII in the first #English / #Norman invasion / settlement of #Ireland and whether this could have been avoided. #AlternateHistory #History #WhatIf www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/alterna...
Alternate Irelands: Refreshing by Nature
By Gary Oswald.In 1154, Nicholas Breakspear became Pope Adrian IV and ruler of the Papal States. He was the first, and so far only, Pope from England, being born in Hertfordshire. Adrian’s time as Pop...
www.sealionpress.co.uk
September 18, 2026 at 8:46 AM
New: Gary Oswald ( @garyoswald.bsky.social ) discusses the role of English #Pope #AdrianIV and King #HenryII in the first #English / #Norman invasion / settlement of #Ireland and whether this could have been avoided. #AlternateHistory #History #WhatIf www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/alterna...
This is a great time for my country! Let us all rejoice in now having the first #AmericanPope in HISTORY as well as the first @Pontifex to even be from an #English speaking country, since #AdrianIV in the year 1154! 😲 Congratulations #PopeLeoXIV on this bittersweet day! 🙏
May 9, 2025 at 3:27 AM
This is a great time for my country! Let us all rejoice in now having the first #AmericanPope in HISTORY as well as the first @Pontifex to even be from an #English speaking country, since #AdrianIV in the year 1154! 😲 Congratulations #PopeLeoXIV on this bittersweet day! 🙏